Campus Projects

Campus Project Descriptions

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1. Northwest Science Building
Location: 52 Oxford St., Cambridge (see map #1)
Architect: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill-San Francisco
Completed: Spring, 2008
NW Science

The Northwest Science Building provides the Harvard University science community with open and flexible laboratory spaces to encourage interdisciplinary research clusters in fields such as molecular and cellular biology, applied physics and engineering. Located in Harvard's north campus, partially on top of a new underground parking facility, the entrance to the Northwest Science Building faces the University Museum and has a very visual presence on Oxford Street. The 210,000 square foot above-ground portion of the facility (another 260,000 square feet is below ground) will also faces Hammond and Gorham Streets, complemented by a landscape designed by Michael Van Valkenberg Associates.

2. Wood-frame Houses at North Hall
Location: Corner of Mass. Ave. and Mellen St., Cambridge (see map #2)
Architect: Austin Architects
Completed: Spring, 2008
North Hall

As part of the Northwest Corner project on Massachusetts Ave. at the corner of Everett St., these two 19th century Mansard houses have been relocated to the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Mellen Street, presently occupied by North Hall, a Law School dormitory that was partially demolished to accommodate them. The relocated wood-frame buildings are to be used as student residences. The Baker House Carriage House has also been moved to the site.

3. Rockefeller Hall
Location: Divinity School, 47 Francis Ave., Cambridge (see map #3)
Architect: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
Completed: Summer, 2008
LEED: Gold (targeted)
Rockefeller Hall

The Harvard Divinity School (HDS) extensively renovated Rockefeller Hall to make the building accessible, to update all systems, and to improve student amenities. The residential portion of the building was converted to administrative offices. In addition, the former parking area west of Rockefeller Hall was converted to landscaped green space creating a more cohesive HDS campus.

4. 83 Brattle St.
Location: 83 Brattle St., Cambridge (see map #4)
Architect: Arrowstreet
Completed: Summer, 2008
83 Brattle St.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies is continuing a phased renovation of the residential apartment building at 83 Brattle Street. Phase 1, substantially completed in 2006, includes a new accessible ramp and entrance on the building’s eastern side, refurbishment of the front courtyard, a new fire alarm system, and renovation of two apartments. Phase 2, which began in the summer of 2007, included an electrical service upgrade, elevator replacement, and renovation of five apartments.

5. 126 Mt. Auburn St.
Location: 126 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge (see map #5)
Architect: Perry & Radford Architects
Completed: Summer, 2008
126 Mt. Auburn St.

The Crimson Summer Academy completed a small renovation project that included creation of an accessible building entrance and addition of an accessible bathroom.

 

 

 

 

6. Riverside Graduate Housing: Memorial Dr.
Location: 10 Akron St., 870-888 Memorial Drive, Cambridge (see map #6)
Architect: Kyu Sung Woo Architects, Inc. and Elkus/Manfredi Architects, LTD (Wood frame houses)
Completed: Fall, 2008
LEED: Gold (targeted)
10 Akron St. Housing
Memorial Drive Housing

Harvard affiliate and graduate student housing was built on two parcels along the Charles River. A single building on the northern parcel north of Hingham Street bounded by Memorial Drive, Akron, and Banks Street) has its massing concentrated along Akron Street and Memorial Drive and then steps down to a low-rise section along Banks Street. On the southern parcel, three separate, wood-frame low-rise structures, including community affordable units, extend from Western Avenue to Hingham Street along the eastern edge of the property. The project includes the creation of publicly accessible open space on the corner of Western Avenue and Memorial Drive.

7. Byerly Hall
Location: 6-8 Garden St., Cambridge (see map #7)
Architect: Goody Clancy
Completed: Fall, 2008
LEED: Gold (targeted)
Byerly Hall

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has completed the renovation of Byerly Hall creating a new research home for the Institute’s fellows. The renovation project included the creation of a new accessible entrance that is contemporary yet respects the building’s architectural character.

8. Blackstone Steam Plant
Location: 46 Blackstone St., Cambridge (see map #8)
Architect: Bruner, Cott
Planned Completion: Fall, 2008
Blackstone Steam Plant

The Blackstone plant, acquired from NSTAR in 2003, supplies heat to 200 Harvard buildings. To maintain the plant as a reliable and ready source of steam, Harvard is undertaking various plant infrastructure upgrades to enhance safety and reliability; monitoring and control; environmental compliance and risk management; operational efficiency and emissions control. Construction began in the summer of 2005 and it will continue through 2008.

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Currently Under Construction

9. Law School Northwest Building
Location: Law School, Corner of Mass. Ave. and Everett St. (see map #9)
Architect: Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2011
LEED: Gold (targeted)
Law Schoold NW Corner

The Northwest Corner project, a new 234,000 gsf complex at the corner of Everett Street and Massachusetts Avenue, will house three centers: the Academic Center, bordering Massachusetts Avenue, with classrooms and other learning spaces; the Student Center, adjacent to Harkness Commons, for student organizations, journals, and social activities; and the Clinical Center, on the Everett Street side of the site, for the School's expanding clinical programs.

As part of the project Harvard plans to construct a 700-car parking garage to replace the current Everett Street Garage — which has been demolished — and other surface parking in the north campus area.

In addition to the Everett Street Garage, Wyeth Hall and the east additions on the back of Baker House have also been demolished. The wood frame houses, Baker House and 1581 Massachusetts Avenue have been relocated to the North Hall site at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Mellen Street.

With completion of the slurry wall, excavation and construction of the underground garage has commenced, to be followed by the building itself.

10. Peabody Terrace Facade Restoration
Location: 900 Memorial Dr., Cambridge (see map #10)
Architect: Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Planned Completion: Summer, 2009
Peabody Terrace

Harvard is planning an exterior facade restoration of the Peabody Terrace residential complex. The project scope includes the repair and patching of deteriorated concrete, failed sealant joints, and restoration of exterior balconies. Construction is scheduled in three phases beginning in Summer 2007 and continuing over the subsequent two summers. Project consultant is Simpson Gumpertz and Heger.

11. Jacobsen Laboratory
Location: Oxford St., Cambridge (see map #11)
Architect: Ellenzweig Associates
Planned Completion: 2009
LEED: Gold (targeted)
Jacobsen

This renovation and expansion of an existing two-level connector between the Mallinckrodt Chemical Laboratory and Conant Lab Building on Harvard’s north campus will provide up to date research space accommodating the ongoing work of a pre-eminent chemistry research group. The renovated space will feature additional lab and support facilities including a new instrumentation facility to be located in the space created by the expansion of the existing bridge.

12. Harvard Allston Science Complex
Location: Western Ave., Allston (see map #12)
Architect: Benisch Architects
Planned Completion: Late 2009
Science Complex

The Allston Development Group (ADG) is planning an approximately 530,000-square-foot research and educational complex to house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and a number of other cross-departmental science initiatives. The 4.7 acre site is located on Western Avenue east of the intersection at North Harvard and adjacent to the WGBH building to the south. The complex is being designed by Behnisch Architects of Stuttgart, Germany, an architectural firm internationally recognized for its pioneering work in sustainable design.

Construction of the complex commenced in the summer of 2007 with completion scheduled for late 2009. For additional information see the ADG project information page.

13. Weld Hill, Arnold Arboretum
Location: Centre St., Roslindale (see map #13)
Architect: Stubbins Associates
Planned Completion: Late 2009
Weld Hill

The Arboretum proposes to construct a new, 45,000 square foot Research and Administration Building on a 14.2 acre parcel of land privately owned by Harvard University. The parcel, known as “Weld Hill”, is located on Centre Street in Roslindale. The Research and Administration Building will enhance the Arboretum's botanical research capabilities through the creation of new, state-of-the-art greenhouse and laboratory facilities.

For additional information see the Arnold Arboretum Facilities Planning page.

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Proposed or in Planning

14. 38 Oxford St.
Location: 32 Quincy St., Cambridge (see map #14)
Architect:
Planned Completion:
38 Oxford St.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is evaluating the feasibility of renovating this 60,000 SF building to make it more useable for current and prospective users. The new uses are likely to be research computing and physics laboratories.

15. Harvard Art Museum at 32 Quincy St.
Location: 32 Quincy St., Cambridge (see map #15)
Architect: Renzo Piano
Planned Completion: 2012
LEED Status: Gold (targeted)
University Museums

Initiatives by the Harvard Art Museum to increase and improve access to its collections, promote outreach to new audiences, and foster collaboration among the curatorial departments of its three museums (Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler) have reaffirmed the urgent and long-acknowledged need to renovate the aging facilities of the 32 Quincy Street building that houses the Fogg Art Museum and the Busch-Reisinger Museum. The project's goals are to: upgrade building systems; meet professional standards for art museums in state-of-the-art facilities; create a new art museum model that gives equal prominence to study centers and exhibition galleries; and accommodate study centers and museum growth.

The Art Museum has hired Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano to design the renovation and reconfiguration of 32 Quincy Street to bring its three museums together under one roof, while each will remain a distinct institution with its own dedicated exhibition galleries and an object-based, multimedia study center.

The Art Museum closed 32 Quincy Street at the end of the academic year in 2008 to begin the preparations for this project, with the goal of reopening by 2012. During construction The Art Museum will maintain a presence for its collections at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

16. Holden Green Apartments
Location: Holden Green, Cambridge (see map #16)
Architect: DiMella Shaffer
Planned Completion: Phased schedule commencing May, 2009
LEED: Silver (targeted)
Holden Green

This apartment complex straddling the Cambridge / Somerville line is scheduled for a series of upgrades to fire and electrical systems. The project also includes significant accessibility upgrades including the creation of accessible units, a rebuilt accessible entrance plaza, and reconfigured parking to facilitate access to the accessible units. The upgrades will occur in a series of phases.

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Last update: January, 2009