EL13

Gaslight District Tour

5/14/2026|EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING|STRUCTURED

3.50 ConEd Learning Hours
2:00p.m.-5:30p.m.

Exploring adaptive reuse and placemaking in the Gaslight District, discover how Martin Simmons Sweers Architects, in collaboration with HIP Developments, the City of Cambridge, and design partners, transformed a once-industrial site into a vibrant live, work, play district. This tour highlights heritage preservation, adaptive reuse, a dynamic public square, and interactive art installations as hallmarks of collaborative urban revitalization.

Learning Objectives
1. Understand opportunities and challenges with adaptive reuse.
2. Learn how to make a successful and functional public square.
3. Navigate how to work with existing heritage structures to achieve accessibility.
4. Gain strategies for collaboration and incorporation of third-party interactive art installations into a project.

Jason Martin, OAA, MRAIC
Partner, Martin Simmons Sweers Architects Inc.
Scott Higgins
President, HIP Developments Inc.

Activity Level: This session is Level 3 (Moderately Active) and involves walking. Dress for weather conditions and wear comfortable footwear and clothing (including a hat for sun protection). Consider bringing a refillable water bottle, high-SPF sunscreen, sunglasses, and your camera.

Registrants will meet at the Kreitmaker Experiential Learning Departure Hub in the Conference Lounge to take a transfer to the destination.

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