Column: Emerson Move to Theater District ‘Transformative’
In a column about building student housing on college campuses for StudentHousingBusiness.com, John H. Martin, a principal at Elkus Manfredi Architects, writes of how Emerson, by choosing to relocate from Back Bay to the Theater District, energized both the College and the neighborhood.
“The strategy to consolidate Emerson’s academic programs in the Theater District — already home to the performing arts spaces the college needed — proved transformative. Integrating students into a living–learning model not only bolstered the college’s reputation and standing, but also revitalized a neglected neighborhood turning it into a vibrant arts district and preserving some of the nation’s finest examples of late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture.”
Elkus Manfredi designed many of Emerson’s new builds and renovations.
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