Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston has announced that it has selected architects Machado and Silvetti Associates in Boston to expand and renovate the college’s Bakalar and Paine galleries on Huntington Avenue. (Pictured above: proposed renovation renderings.) As we’ve previously reported, the plan calls for a new more prominent Huntington Avenue entrance to the galleries, which presently are hidden inside the school; a new reception lobby; a 125-seat performance and lecture hall; curatorial, receiving and building spaces; and climate control systems. A schedule for the project has not been publicly announced.
Machado and Silvetti Associates’ previous projects include the new Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library, the renovation and expansion Bowdoin College Museum of Art, a master plan and expansion for Getty Villa, and the renovation and expansion of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
The galleries project is part of a $140 million campaign in which MassArt “has recently completed a newly renovated campus center, has started construction on a 493-bed residence hall to open in fall 2012, and is in the design phase for a Center for Design and New Media that will open up the heart of the campus and provide collaborative learning spaces for these disciplines.”