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Northeast Bank

Northeast Bank is a full-service banking institution established in 1872. Their objective was creating a modern workplace that enhances employee experience through design of open collaborative spaces, private work areas and technology forward meeting rooms. The new location in the Seaport focused design around enhancing expansive views of the harbor. Fusion took inspiration from colors and textures in surrounding area and designed the space to maintain open window line to allow all spaces access to natural light.

As Northeast Bank has locations in multiple cities, it was important to create a sense of place. Entering reception, the Boston Seaport location is represented in a custom-designed 3-dimensional backlit map. The overall design incorporates a mix of rich materials, colors and diverse art package to create visual interest. Fusion combined modern collaborative workspaces with timeless elements. Natural wood, glass, steel and marble reflect the bank’s staying power. The natural palette with accent colors reflecting the water views creates an eco-friendly, warm, comfortable feel. The team designed spaces where employees are provided with a choice of resources and work styles.

The floorplan is comprised primarily of interior offices allowing open window line for workstations and collaboration areas. The café was specifically designed with access to the best views. The layout also encourages community engagement with long communal tables, lounge areas and meeting booths that encourage the use of the café for meetings and gatherings throughout the day. Technology is integrated to allow for remote staff to participate seamlessly in office activities.

The result is a beautiful combination of natural light, stunning views, and classic materials with a modern twist. The design is a testament to Northeast Bank's commitment to providing its customers with the best possible banking experience and its employees with an inspiring place to succeed

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Brightcove

As the most trusted streaming company in the world, Brightcove prioritized an innovative, technology focused design approach. The new Fort Point global headquarters exudes creative energy with a down-to-earth, inviting, and inclusive atmosphere. Although technology is at the forefront, Fusion none the less sought to create a forward-thinking space that highlights key features of the industrial brick and beam shell.

The 6th floor reception area is anchored by a media wall made up of 9 large video displays that showcase Brightcove’s impressive technologies. Custom wall murals at select open collaborative spaces also echo Brightcove’s brand. As a juxtaposition to branding and technology- warm, natural, and inviting materials were used throughout enclosed meeting spaces. As Collaboration and teamwork are fundamental to how Brightcove functions, Fusion located numerous enclosed meeting rooms and open collaboration spaces are across both floors to encourage staff to move from their seats and foster engagement and creativity.

Interior enclosed rooms on the 7th floor are constructed as partial height “huts” which create privacy but allow the large volume of space to shine. As the top floor, large skylights flood the space with natural light, creating a comfortable and inspiring environment for staff.

The main hub of the office is the 7th floor café space. It is flexible enough to host all hands meetings, and with different types of seating and a fun, creative environment it also encourages employees to utilize this space as another destination to work, meet or collaborate throughout the day.

The focal point of the café is the oversized seating niche backdropped by a large custom mural commissioned from a local Boston artist. Its message reads “You Belong Here” – a fitting statement that truly captures the overall spirit of Brightcove’s culture and the tone of the office design.

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Meketa Investment Group

Meketa is a global investment consulting firm that sought out Fusion to design their Westwood location. We transformed their new office into a space that reflects Meketa’s innovative, modern and collaborative culture while offering their employees convenient access to public transportation and other amenities. With a strong focus on wellbeing and employee experience, Meketa turned to us to guide them through relevant trends, workplace strategy and thought leadership to create a hybrid style workspace.

With an expansive window line and by designing private offices and huddle rooms to the core of the space, Meketa can offer 85% of its employee’s “window” seats to take advantage of natural light. Low panels and dividers allow light to filter through to the core spaces which are enclosed with glass to maximize natural light. Meketa desired to offer choice and flexibility, the main café is a multi-use space with the capability to offer a “town hall” experience, a working café, or a place of refuge for independent work or an easily reconfigurable space for collaboration, with easy access to the outdoors, it was also important to design outdoor lounge areas to take advantage of agreeable weather days to entice employees into the office. In addition, a second-floor coffee bar lounge was designed off the communicating stair to allow for a visual connection between the two floors.

Meketa's hybrid workstyle made huddle and meeting rooms essential to accommodate not only technology to support the hybrid worker but to offer flexibility in addition to functionality, as they grow and adapt to change within their own office needs. Every huddle space can easily turn into a private office, team meeting space, or quiet room. Adaptable furniture was key in this design. The power of choice – when to work and how to work was a common theme throughout the office design.

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DataXu

DataXu was looking to move their offices from the Fort Point area to downtown Boston and settled on 53 State Street in the 25th and 26th Floors.

DataXu’s working environment is extremely collaborative, so the program of the space is majority open office with small conference, huddle, and phone rooms to allow for meetings and private conversations. They frequently hold company-wide town hall meetings so there was a big focus on creating a large café that could double as a meeting space. We also created a reception area and an interconnecting staircase to allow employees seamlessly to travel from one floor to the next.

One of the bigger challenges for DataXu was going from the brick and beam low rise building in Fort Point to a Class A high rise building. The team liked the rustic feel of their existing offices and wanted to capture the same look throughout the finishes in the new space.

In the DataXu project, we were able to create a productive working environment with various collaboration spaces and the perfect balance between open and enclosed working areas.

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1200 Crown Colony

When originally approached by Bridge Investment Group for a full building repositioning at 1200 Crown Colony Drive, the overarching mantra was to create a narrative of place. The resulting design not only transformed a tired 1980’s era building into a modern workplace, but also tells the story of the rich history of Quincy through architectural enhancements, materials, textures, accessories and graphics.

The history of Quincy’s shipbuilding and granite quarries is echoed in the main atrium’s new stonework, riveted column details, and custom metal coffee bar. A custom truss system was added to the atrium space to reduce the scale and create a feeling of intimacy above new stadium seating, and is also a nod to the underbelly of a ship’s construction. The colonial history of Quincy inspired a modern ‘fireplace’ hearth in the main café. Rich textiles and a wide variety of furniture enhance the café and create a ‘living room’ feel that will facilitate both socialization and employee collaboration.

The main lobby, elevator lobby, common areas, café, fitness center and locker rooms where were completely renovated with clean, contemporary finishes that speak to the area’s past but position the property as a modern workplace. Our team enhanced the design with custom graphics throughout the premises. Historical photographs of Quincy shipyards flank the elevator lobby, and the café area’s banquette seating is highlighted with historic railroad drawings that are screen printed on wood panels. Custom metal and wood shelving in the café space houses artifacts inspired by colonial history such as portraits of John and Abigail Adams.

The repositioning of 1200 Crown Colony Drive creates a truly unique office building experience unlike anything in Greater Boston. The building’s modern amenities and new technologies are designed to attract new innovative companies who will add a new story to the region’s rich history.

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Pri-Med

Brought onboard by Cushman & Wakefield, Fusion worked with Pri-Med to design a new office that would be unique to their needs. The challenge was their existing office layout and design didn’t resonate with their company image so a whole new look was needed. The team emphasized a desire for light, airy open spaces with a touch of sophistication and warmth that encouraged a sense of home for their headquarters.

Located between Newbury and Boylston streets, each side of the building had a great view of downtown. To maximize the amount of light in the space, offices and meeting spaces were pulled away from the window lines. Workstations were divided into teams that had its own unique collaboration area as an alternate work space. Utilizing the rich architecture, the bay windows provided perfect nooks for individual focus time. The café was tucked away towards the back as a hub removed from the open floor plate to create a cozy space for eating, meeting, and connecting. An adjacent conference room equipped with a motorized garage door allows this space to become an large meeting area with AV equipment.

Mixed metal accents at the glass fronts, hardware, decorative lighting, and furniture provided a layer of sophistication. Using wood through millwork, flooring and furniture provided warmth to the neutral textures of the carpets. Color was thoughtfully used in fun ways with wallcovering and ancillary furniture fabric. Faux brick walls complimented the Boston brick aesthetic completed with photography that encompassed their brand. Throughout the space, awards and recognitions were placed to display their proud history. Designed and built during a pandemic, Pri-Med is eager to fully start living in their new home.

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470 Atlantic Ave.

Selected by Cushman & Wakefield we were tasked to transform 470 Atlantic, located on the Fort Point Channel, Independence Wharf the home to the Boston Tea Party. The recently completed renovations focused on repositioning the building to create a first-floor tenant experience.

The refreshed space provides common meeting areas that foster both creativity and collaboration. Updates include a state-of-the-art fitness center, bathroom/showers, hospitality-inspired elements including Fooda service, and a new management office. New lighting, furniture, paint, and custom graphics that echo the rich history of Boston of Harbor are incorporated throughout to create a sense of energy and exhilaration for tenants and outside passing foot traffic.

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40 Broad St.

Selected by Lincoln Properties to renovate the two existing lobbies on Broad and India Street to incorporate the new 40 Broad brand identity into the Insurance Exchange Building.

The renovated lobby includes contemporary finishes; warm wood tones contrasted with cool wall cladding's and bold accent colors. Lounge seating surrounds the double-sided fireplace creating collaborative seating areas and a comforting place for tenants to relax. Upon arrival at visitors are met with a custom steel wall feature highlighting the location of the building on the Greenway. The wall feature injects warmth into space with the live moss features. The reception desk and building signage both share commonalities with the metal cladding and brushed gold accents. The renovated lobbies transform the building into a destination for both creative and innovative companies to grow.