This master plan explores adaptive reuse as a strategy for revitalizing historic working waterfronts while preserving their industrial heritage and strengthening community connections. Located at the former Cape Ann Tool Company site in Rockport, Massachusetts, the project proposes a new civic waterfront typology that integrates maritime craftsmanship, boatbuilding, makerspaces, public markets, educational facilities, and community gathering spaces.

Through the reinterpretation of traditional waterfront architecture, the design bridges historic preservation and contemporary development, transforming an underutilized industrial site into an accessible, productive, and community-oriented waterfront destination.