THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PLAZA

Client The First Church of Christ Scientist
Architects IBI Placemaking (Plaza)
Bruner Cott (Publishing House)
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Photography Joanne Ciccarello

Scope Comprehensive site signage and wayfinding program concurrent with plaza restoration and repair project with large scale entry banners, freestanding information and orientation kiosks and carved inlaid lettering.

The Christian Science Center, headquarters of the First Church of Christ Scientist, is a 13.5-acre site on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Huntington Avenue in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A popular tourist attraction and city landmark, the plaza is an open space featuring a reflecting pool and fountain. The comprehensive signage and wayfinding program was developed in tandem with the plaza restoration and repair and features freestanding digital displays and directories as well as fully-integrated gateway elements, inspirational interpretive graphics and parking directional signage. The use of dichroic glass provides an ever changing color spectrum along the edge of the freestanding pylons, which reinforces the intention of the plaza to serve as a destination for movement, recreation and quiet contemplation.