About Maressa:
Maressa Perreault is an associate principal at Utile. Her work has focused on skillfully navigating complex aesthetic and regulatory issues in historically sensitive environments. She has led a wide range of civic, residential, non-profit, and academic projects at Utile, including the master plan, public space renovations, and 300+ page Conservation Management Plan for Boston City Hall and studies for Boston Public Library’s Uphams Corner and Chinatown branches. She managed design for the historic renovation of United South End Settlements’ campus, the 31-unit multifamily 26 West Broadway, Simmons College Library Center for Student Success, and a 17,000 square foot corporate cafeteria in Kendall Square. She is currently leading the renovation of the 1940s Tool House in Boston’s historic Public Garden.
Maressa was recognized by the BSA as “one of the upcoming generation of female design talent in the city” by the 2013 Women in Design: Urban Interventions competition. She has taught design studios at Wentworth Institute of Technology and Northeastern University and has served as a visiting design critic at MIT, RISD, Tulane, University of Colorado, Northeastern, MassArt, and BAC. Maressa holds an M.Arch from the University of Virginia and a BA in Studio Art and Architectural History from Middlebury College. She lives in Boston’s South End with her husband and son in an 1890s rowhouse condo that she designed and renovated after the 2015 snowpocalypse.
