Merge Architects Inc.

We’re excited to share our recently completed Kendall Square Wellness Center project, now up on our website. The Wellness Center was recognized as ’s 2021 Best of Year finalist in the fitness category. Link in bio for more info and pics 📸.

For this project, we were commissioned to design a health center for a global tech company’s burgeoning Kendall Square campus in Cambridge, MA. The space includes a gym, sound-proofed yoga and group fitness studio, a massage and meditation suite, on-site primary care facilities, as well as staff offices, locker rooms, and a micro kitchen.

In keeping with the thematic program and motifs of the other office floors, the design team was tasked with finding inspiration in the New England landscape. Sweat, steam, and rejuvenation found poetic parallel with the coastal tidal pools of the region. The plan is composed of pebble shaped forms and the floor is immersive with incidents of intense color and light. The circulation reaches out between the pods in order to bring light and City views into the deep floor plate.

Designed in collaboration with , as Architect of Record.

Photography by Chuck Choi
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We recently completed the Boston Headquarters for Ten Percent Happier, a web-based company focused on teaching self-improvement through guided mindful meditation. The 5,200 sqft fit-out integrates the unlikely pairing of an open office plan with a public-facing multipurpose meditation and meeting space.

The sculptural, spur-shaped meditation room was designed to expand and contract in response to shifting group size, type of meditation, and time of day. An acoustic fabric wall system opens, closes, and shapes the space as required.

When completely closed, the interior is a secluded and calming zone for small group or independent meditation. When completely open the space can host large group classes, presentations, and open-house events. The color palette is bright and calm, punctuated by hanging greenery 🌱.

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Almost time for interior finishes at our Condor Street project in East Boston!

Beverly Clinic has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the Interior Healthcare category for Architect Newspaper’s Best of Design Awards! Thank you for the recognition, !

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from ! Thanks for highlighting our Modern Mill and River Houses projects. Read more at the link in our bio.

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