Cambridge creatives have a new hotspot for artistic learning and collaboration: the Foundry in Kendall Square’s Innovation District.
The 50,000 square-foot, $46 million public space occupies a 132-year-old building that originally housed the Blake and Knowles Steam Pump Company, before being used as a taxi barn and then offices. It was re-designed by architecture group CambridgeSeven, with support from the city in partnership with the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority.
Operated by the nonprofit Foundry Consortium, the building features a community hall open to the public, along with rooms that can be reserved by community members and local businesses and nonprofits. These reservable spaces include a dance studio, community kitchen, four makerspaces, an art studio and art gallery, conference rooms, and a 115-seat black box theater with an attached greenroom.
Olivia Fone, the…
