Finegold Alexander Associate and Architect Mary McCarthy volunteered with PWC Boston last month, showing Charlestown High School students around Hood Park in Charlestown, MA.

The volunteer event, in collaboration with engineering firm Haley & Aldrich, aimed to expose students to the array of career opportunities in the AEC industry.

Mary and other PWC members shared their own career experience with students from Charlestown High School and guided tours around the mixed-use campus of the former Hood dairy manufacturing buildings, including a previous Finegold Alexander project.

Finegold Alexander renovated the lobby and exterior of 500 Rutherford Avenue in 2021, with polycarbonate panels, which when lit at night, allude to the innovative work done inside and welcome the community to this part of Hood Park. Finegold Alexander re-imagined the exterior of a 1980s warehouse to accommodate a contemporary laboratory space. Dynamic materials were applied to the windowless exterior façade in order to bring light into the space and create movement to the building’s exterior.