Working with mission-driven institutions to Define, Plan, and Design facilities that build culture
Sorensen Partners worked with Lawrence, MA industrial property owners Sam Facella and John Facella in spring 2014 to measure, model, and explore design changes to their historic industrial buildings. The scope of work included schematic-level plans and a rendering showing an existing 11,000 SF building divided into …
Sorensen Partners worked with Rowan University and the Rowan University Libraries in Glassboro, New Jersey, in 2014-15 on planning and strategy for the library facilities. The university’s main library, Campbell Library, was built in 1984 under the leadership of the college’s fifth president, Dr. Herman …
Sorensen Partners was Interior Designer and Furniture Consultant for new collaborative work space and reading areas for patrons on the main floor of the Central Square Branch of the Cambridge Public Library. Replacing a traditional grouping of study carrels, the new collaborative space provides varied …
Schematic Design and program confirmation for this 7,000 square-foot three-floor infill addition to the Cornell Law School Library marries a sky-lit slot and communicating stair to the historic main reading room of the central building in this collegiate gothic ensemble designed in 1932 by Providence-based …
A contextual Ell addition to a National Register 1732 timber frame thru-hall colonial home with 1930’s additions enhances livability and flexibility of the restored structure. Comfort, sociability, tradition, style, and accessibility considerations drive the restoration and addition to this landmark home on the Wellesley campus. …
The Kelly Cullen Community is a residential development housed in the restored 1909 YMCA Hotel at 220 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. The existing residential units were altered and restored into 174 units of permanent affordable housing (230 sf units with kitchenettes and full bathrooms) …
Sorensen Partners was Architect for concept design and permitting feasibility for adapting an existing four-story masonry warehouse building into high-rise housing for Boston-based Berkeley Investments in 2017. The first scenario (53,000 GSF/66 units) adapted the existing masonry warehouse building. The second scenario (141,000 GSF/169 units) demolished a …
Sorensen Partners was Charrette Facilitator and Masterplanner for Lawrence Community Works in 2013 to assist residents of the North Common Neighborhood in Lawrence, MA in setting development goals for improving physical community amenities – including housing, public buildings, and parks. The planning process was funded …
The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s new clinic at 220 Golden Gate Avenue serves a chronically homeless population in the center of San Fransicco, adjacent to the Civic Center. Fitting to this civic context, the DPH’s clinic is housed on the ground floor of …