Three Proposed Designs for Tewksbury Town Hall Renovations

Last week, Selectmen received a presentation from Kang Architects outlining three proposed plans for the renovation of Tewksbury Town Hall.

The board then held a working session with members of the Community Preservation Committee, Historical Commission and Community Development to bounce feedback off one another as well as to ask questions of the architect. 

You can view each of the proposed designs for renovations to Tewksbury Town Hall attached to this post.

Each design was created with the focus of working with the existing structure due to cost effectiveness as well as maintaining the symmetrical facade of the front of the building, the lobby and the arched windows on the Main St. side of the building, according to Kaffee Kang of Kang Architects.

The first plan, titled "Scheme B," emphasized maximizing space for town offices, has a three story addition on the southwest corner and would house: 

• Finance Department 
• Town Clerk's Office
• Department of Public Works offices 
• Town Manager and Board of Selectmen 
• Computer Services

Scheme B, a total of 18,200 Gross Square Feet, would also include a 50-person meeting room, but would not maintain the meeting hall as it exists now.

The lobby and arched windows on both sides of the building would be preserved under Scheme B, according to Kang. 

The second plan, titled "Scheme F," would also consolidate all the town offices under one roof, preserve half of the existing meeting hall and include a new 62-person meeting room, according to Kang. 

The arched windows would only be preserved in their entirety on the Main St. facade of the building under Scheme F, due to an addition on the southwest corner of the building, according to Kang. 

The lobby would be preserved under Scheme F, which would be a total of 17,100 GSF.

The third plan, "Scheme G," preserves the entire meeting hall as it current exists, as well as the arched windows on both sides of the building and the lobby. 

However, under Scheme G, 15,400 GSF, the Finance Department would not have offices at Town Hall.