Foundation Medicine (Parcel P) | 400 Summer Street | Seaport

[Justbuildit]

The cross-bracing on the section spanning the freeway ramps is going to add a really great industrial feeling. Really impressed with the overall quality of this build and hope the sibling gets started soon. The black side facing the stairs looks more stark than it should

 

[nm88]

By comparison, NEMA looks thin-skinned and temporary.

 

[Vivanna]

And the crane is on its way down. There’s still a lot of curtain wall work to be done but mostly on the lower floors. I guess ground cranes will be used for that? Great to see another milestone on this project. Can’t wait to see 350 Summer get started…

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I'd imagine the curtain wall is already loaded on to the lower floors and then they'll use a mini rig like this to install:

 

[Justbuildit]

External elevator is coming down today as well. The remaining curtain wall is going on quick, too, so I imagine it’ll be completely enclosed in a month or two.

 

[mdd]

It's going to be interesting how those two systems will meet at the corner.

 

[Bananarama]

It's going to be interesting how those two systems will meet at the corner.

Like this

 

[Justbuildit]

And it's symmetrical on the Congress and Summer St sides. The Summer side is already looking similar to that (posts 167 and 171 give an idea).

I don't want to be a complete psycho but it does irk me how the top two floors (that upper-most "block") is taller than the other two-floor blocks on the Congress St side. Not a huge deal it's just...not symmetrical. Doesn't show up that way in the render either.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Even tho it’s appliqué I still like the truss look.

 

[HenryAlan]

Even tho it’s appliqué I still like the truss look.

Somehow it hadn't dawned on me that the trusses would be fake. Now I don't like them, because looking at these pictures, they just look gimmicky.

 

[stefal]

There could be some more depth on that part that's supposed to be industrial, IMO. Compared to the rest of the facade it does look a bit overlooked.

 

[North Street]

It looks similar to the bracing at The Hub on Causeway.

 

[Czervik.Construction]

I mean I like that corner with the road under it, but it looks too much like the Port Authority bus terminal for me:

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

From South Station area

 

[DZH22]

2/5

IMG_0238 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0276 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0286 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[HelloBostonHi]

Totally changed the feel of this section of Summer Street

 

[Bananarama]

I absolutely loath the fake truss.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

WOW.

 

[awood91]

Yeah WHAT THE FRICK is happening here and can we nominate to have it recognized as one of the world's biggest WTFs in recent times?!

 

[king_vibe]

The fake truss is actually done well enough and with enough weight that it will look real when it's completed. It's there because this is where the building spans over the ramps.

 

[stick n move]

Yea even when real trusses are used they still get clad over so when finished theres going to be no discernible difference between this and real trussing besides the fact that you just know in your heart its fake lol.