HMFH Architects
The Possible Project
Cambridge, MA
HMFH’s design for The Possible Project, a youth entrepreneurship center that teaches high school students to start and run their own businesses, transformed an unused maintenance garage owned by the Cambridge Housing Authority into a makerspace.
The makerspace enables our students to design and manufacture their own products in a unique, hands-on learning environment.
The HMFH team stretched the limited budget for maximum effect by using bright colors and an industrial palette as a backdrop to the products designed and created by the teen entrepreneurs, such as the sculptural pendant light fixtures.
The client’s goal for the project was to support hands-on exploration and the development of business and manufacturing skills by giving students access to traditional tools as well as 21st century technologies including 3D printers and a laser cutter.
With this goal in mind, surfaces have been optimized for flexibility and collaboration: mobile storage cabinets have whiteboard on the back sides, purple tack boards are installed to showcase projects and hang equipment, and a strut system for lighting and power allows students to move and group tables as their projects require.
