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Wentworth announces 10-year plan that includes several building projects

The plan will "dramatically transform" the institute's campus.

By Adora Brown

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Huntington Avenue runs diagonally across the bottom of the image. The proposed new residence tower appears in the middle, with the proposed 13-story residence hall to the right. – Perkins+Will

Wentworth Institute of Technology announced a 10-year construction plan Wednesday that will “dramatically transform” its 31-acre Boston campus.

The plan includes three new dormitories, as well as new academic buildings and outdoor green spaces. Per the institute, projects over the next decade specifically include:

  • A new eight-story, 111,000-square-foot integrated athletics field house and 217-bed residence hall 
  • A 267,000-square-foot, 672-bed residence hall fronting on Huntington Avenue with study and event spaces, a dining hall, and an expanded fitness center 
  • A reconfigured 13-story, 522-bed residence hall at 630 Huntington Ave., replacing Baker Hall, that will include a café, study and event spaces 
  • A five-story West Quad Academic Building to newly house the School of Architecture and Design 
  • New North and South Halls, replacing the outdated Annex complex, offering new homes for the Schools of Engineering and Management 
  • Renovations to Wentworth Hall to include a new 20,000-square-foot Welcome Center and an outdoor plaza 
  • Two new outdoor green public spaces. 
Ruggles Street runs along the right side of the image. The proposed academic buildings North and South Halls appear at lower left, while the West Quad Academic Building is shown in the middle. – Perkins+Will

According to a release, the new residence halls will add about 1,400 beds for students, allowing the university to provide housing for every first-year student. “The additional residential space for students is expected to alleviate pressure on the housing market in the surrounding Mission Hill, Roxbury, and Fenway neighborhoods,” the release notes.

The plan will also more than double the campus’s current amount of public green space.

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It will now undergo a period of review with the Boston Planning and Development Agency. 

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