Partners HealthCare’s nine-acre corporate campus is unique among corporate campuses in that it is completely open to the public. The campus and its hardscape and green space amenities serve as an anchor within the 45-acre Assembly Row mixed-used development, located in Somerville, just outside of Boston. The public/private campus is shared by 4,500 Partners HealthCare employees and visitors and residents of the Assembly Square neighborhood. The team from OJB Landscape Architecture’s Boston office created a site design with a range of formal and informal spaces that communicate their intended use - places to live, work, and play. The campus has received rave reviews from Partners HealthCare and visitors alike.

“Work-enabled spaces on an architectural grid are closer to the building,” explains Design Director Simon Beer with OJB Landscape Architecture. “As people move away from the building, the design opens up and becomes more organic, with a winding fitness trail and a 2.5 acre event lawn, which features a grass-stepped amphitheater. The public/private campus is truly an asset to the community of Assembly Row and Partners HealthCare.”