Hasbro Headquarters, Phase 2B, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1991-1994)

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People:

Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

Title:

Hasbro Headquarters, Phase 2B, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1991-1994)

Date:

1989-circa 1994

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

960 drawings
0.005 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
This project series documents Phase 2B of work completed for Hasbro Headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island from 1991-1994. The office identified the project number as 9105.
This project consisted of interior work for part of the company's headquarters and was the third in a series of projects that the firm would complete for the headquarters. The 300,000 square foot building was predominantly one-storey and located on the block between Saratoga, Grand, London and Newport Avenues. The three projects were known as Main Street, Phase 2A and Phase 2B. Phase 1 was completed in 1986 by Barton Myers Associates with Shirley Blumberg as partner-in-charge. These subsequent projects by KPMB were also headed by Shirley Blumberg and continued the initial style she had established in Phase 1. These projects saw the conversion of a historic brick and masonry mill into the company's new offices. The office structure was inspired by the layout of a Greek town, with a main street running through it. This phase continued the work of Phase 2A and focused mainly on the design of the visitor's entrance. The entrance area was V-shaped, with the wide end at the entrance doors and the narrower end leading guests deeper into the building. Once past this area, the hallway opened like a bubble, wrapping around a large elliptical courtyard in the middle. This courtyard, comprised of glass windows with trees and other landscaping in it, was the most prominent feature of this phase. Materials used throughout the offices included polished concrete, maple, aluminum and perforated metal.
The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1989 to around 1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, details, and some construction drawings. Many of the drawings focus on the entrance and courtyard. The textual records consist of the project program and schedule.

Reference number:

AP056.S1.1991.PR05

Arrangement:
Materials have now been compiled from different accessions and some have been arranged by material type.

Location:

Pawtucket Rhode Island United States

Related units of description:

File AP056.S1.1991.PR05.002 in this project series also contains records for AP056.S1.1989.PR02 in this fonds. Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP056.S1.1989.PR02, Hasbro Headquarters Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; AP056.S1.1991.PR04, Hasbro Headquarters, Phase 2A, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

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