South End Infill and Small Developments

That's just weird.

Sort of brings to mind a more elaborate version of the Genzyme building out on Western Ave.
 
Bizarre, but I think maybe I like it. I wouldn't want that to become a trend, but its got a sort of future/noir/anime thing going on. Robo-church.
 
Wow, it's great to see something like this...whether or not you like the style, it's certainly not a run-of-the-mill development.
 
Thanks. I saw that last night they approved a soup kitchen for the church.
 
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Another former South End church is slated to become housing under a plan by GTI Properties, the Hub property management and development company behind the neighborhood’s artsy SoWa district.

GTI plans some 54 one- to three-bedroom apartments in the former Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue and four townhome-style units in the attached “Link Building,” according to a letter of intent filed with the Boston Re*development Authority.
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http://www.bostonherald.com/busines..._developer_seeks_to_convert_church_to_housing

As the Herald article indicates, there was a big fight over preserving the interior.

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I shed a huge tear knowing this interior will be further compromised. The Jesuits already did the major un-doing of the architecture....let's hope someone will help preserve the best elements left.
 
Padre Mike said:
I shed a huge tear knowing this interior will be further compromised. The Jesuits already did the major un-doing of the architecture....let's hope someone will help preserve the best elements left.
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The organ was removed and is in storage.
from 2008
Removal of the main organ has been underway for several weeks and may still be ongoing. Stefan Maier, an organbuilder from Orange, MA is doing the work and placing it into storage for Boston College. The project is being done quietly. The present plan is for the organ to one day be installed in a new building, yet to be erected on the BC campus for concert purposes
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UHub has the details on the former Holy Trinity on Shawmut Street: http://www.universalhub.com/2015/developer-proposes-hollowing-out-old-church-and

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33 residential units inside the glass and steel box. To my eye it's really poorly integrated with the old structure and actually quite depressing in a Frankenstein sort of way. I'd rather they tore down the church and just build something new if they can't get the church to work well with the residential addition.

Link to BRA documentation: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/c0a03da7-6f89-4fce-b0b6-91f7620092ba
 
i agree that the renders dont make the addition appear to be very well integrated, and at least for now would have hoped for a little more of that - but overall i think it will look pretty cool and certainly unique, which is a rarity in this city. it's hard to really know with something like this how it will look in real life, and at worst, it definitely will not be boring, and in this case i think that's enough.
 
Scipio said:
33 residential units inside the glass and steel box. To my eye it's really poorly integrated with the old structure and actually quite depressing in a Frankenstein sort of way. I'd rather they tore down the church and just build something new if they can't get the church to work well with the residential addition.

Link to BRA documentation: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/c0a03da7-6f89-4fce-b0b6-91f7620092ba
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I think it looks cool. I'd much prefer that an architect recognize the dissonance between new and old and run with it. If they had tried to match the style of the church on that massing (not to mention VE), the result would probably have been hideous.
 
Hmm I think it's pretty hideous... Was there no way to leave the original church building as is and create an addition for more housing units?
 
Anybody know what the inside of the church looks like now? Or what it used to look like? If its interior is very opulent it'd be a shame to lose that
 
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