Yesterday, we sat down together for our first PAYETTE Thanksgiving dinner in 2 years at our office in the Wilson Practice Room. It was wonderful to see everyone together smiling and laughing at one of our most favorite annual events. This year, we are especially thankful for these activities that bring us together.
The last two years have reinforced the importance of community and connections. In 2021 we returned to the office with vigor, with the majority of PAYETTE People working at least three days a week in person. We have hosted 10 Virginia Tech Students for their fall semester in our office while teaching Design Studio, Professional Practice and a Building Fabrication course. Working with the students has been a blast and has provided a much-needed shot of adrenaline, just when we needed it the most. PAYETTE is back and we are thankful for it!
Who knows what 2022 will bring, but what we do know is that we are thankful for the intimate sense of community that we share with our clients, our family at home and our firm family at PAYETTE. We gather strength and courage from these relationships, but mostly happiness, especially when we can be together.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.