The site is located on South Huntington Avenue in Boston, MA, in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Originally a gymnasium for the New England School of Physical Education, the building was built in 1916. Unfortunately, the only plans availible were from the original archives stored in the Boston Public Library, so it was difficult to work around undocumented updates to the building. The street entrance to the building is on an entirely different level than the doors reaching the rest of the site. The street lets visitors into the upper level, while the floor below, the lower level, can be accessed from the rest of the site. This led me to focus on moving patrons down from the upper street level to the lower level, where they can access the butterfly and produce gardens, outdoor activities, and other exhibits.