Campus Project Descriptions
Completed Within the Past Year
1. Cambridge Queen's Head Pub (Loker Commons)
Location: Memorial Hall, 1785 Cambridge St., Cambridge (see map #1)
Architect: Miller Dyer Spears
Completed: April, 2007
Architect: Miller Dyer Spears
Completed: April, 2007
Harvard College renovated 5,000 sf of space in the basement level of Memorial Hall to create a College Pub for use as a social space primarily for undergraduates. Harvard students were involved in all aspects of the project including operations planning, programming, and scheduling to ensure that the new pub would be in tune with the pulse of undergraduate life.
2. 22-24 Prescott St.
Location: 22-24 Prescottt St., Cambridge (see map #2)
Architect: Perry and Radford Architects
Completed: April, 2007
Architect: Perry and Radford Architects
Completed: April, 2007
22-24 Prescott Street is a four-story, 40-unit apartment building built circa 1916. This project, managed by Harvard Real Estate Services, included extensive repairs to the building's exterior walls, new roofing, construction of an accessible entrance, renovation to create two accessible apartments, an elevator, improvements to egress configurations, and the installation of a sprinkler system.
3. Switch House Affordable Housing
Location: 25-45 Blackstone St., Cambridge (see map #3)
Architect: Boyes-Watson Architects
Completed: Spring, 2007
Architect: Boyes-Watson Architects
Completed: Spring, 2007
As part of its commitment to provide certain community benefits related to Harvard’s development of the Riverside housing projects, the former Switch House at 25-45 Blackstone was renovated to provide 33 units of affordable home-ownership housing. The project features a mix of one, two, and three bedroom residences in a combination of flats and two-level duplex units. A total of 33 off-street parking spaces are provided on site.
Construction commenced in spring 2006 and was completed in Spring, 2007. The City of Cambridge was responsible for selling the units to qualifying families.
4. New College Theatre (Hasty Pudding)
Location: 10-12 Holyoke St., Cambridge (see map #4)
Architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Completed: Fall, 2007
Architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Completed: Fall, 2007
The building at 10-12 Holyoke Street, known as the Hasty Pudding building due to its long association with the Hasty Pudding Institute and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, has been renovated into the New College Theatre. The renovation project restored the historic masonry facade; updated the building systems; created a new, 272-seat theatre for undergraduates with adequate support space; and established space for flexible uses including rehearsals, meetings, and classes.
The historic front one-third of the building was preserved and restored, while the rear two-thirds have been replaced with a slightly larger structure — primarily to house the theatre and rehearsal spaces. The renovated structure contains 35,300 gsf — close to twice the current space — due to the addition of two floors below ground where much of the building systems will be located.
See www.construction.fas.harvard.edu for construction updates.
5. Riverside Graduate Housing: Grant/Cowperthwaite Sts.
Location: 1-13 Cowperthwaite St., 3-15 Grant St., Cambridge (see map #5)
Architect: Elkus/Manfredi Architects, LTD
Completed: Summer, 2007
Architect: Elkus/Manfredi Architects, LTD
Completed: Summer, 2007
The Banks/Cowperthwaite/Grant project transformed two parcels formerly used for surface parking lots into housing for faculty and graduate students. Smaller, individual wood frame structures with two or three apartments in each structure were built on the parcel located north of Grant Street. A second parcel contains two structures: one facing Cowperthwaite Street at a maximum height of 55 feet and the other facing Banks Street at a maximum height of 35 feet. This parcel also contains an underground garage with an entrance on Cowperthwaite Street.
6. Laboratory for Integrated Science and Interdisciplinary Engineering (LISE)
Designed by the celebrated Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, the 132,000-square-foot Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE) will house research initiatives for the interdisciplinary study in the areas of nanoscale and mesoscale science, the study of materials on an atomic scale or slightly larger. Approximately 2/3 of the building is underground.
7. Fairfax Hall, 1306 Massachusetts Avenue.
Location: 1306 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (see map #7)
Architect: Symmes Maini & McKee Associates
Completed: Winter, 2007
Architect: Symmes Maini & McKee Associates
Completed: Winter, 2007
This two-phase renovation project started in January 2007 involved renovation of ground-floor retail tenant spaces and residential spaces. The project involved sprinkler installation and other building code upgrades to the first floor retail spaces. Residential renovations included addition of a small stair and elevator as well as building code upgrades. Retail tenants will complete their renovations and re-open for business in early 2008.
8. Malkin Athletic Center
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences recently completed the renovation of the Malkin Athletic Center, Harvard's primary recreational athletic facility and home to several varsity sports and coaching staff. The project included the replacement and upgrade of major building systems, the creation of a new seating and social area in the main lobby and the upgrade of the facility's basketball court. The renovation also makes the building fully accessible to persons with disabilities and includes a new ramp at the main entrance, a new elevator, an accessible transaction desk, and accessible showers and toilet rooms.
9. Peabody Terrace Children's Center
Location: 900 Memorial Dr. , Cambridge (see map #9)
Architect: D.W. Arthur Associates Architects
Completed:
Fall, 2007
Architect: D.W. Arthur Associates Architects
Completed: Fall, 2007
Tthe Peabody Terrace Children's Center was renovated and expanded. Existing child care facilities were upgraded and three additional classrooms and other child care support spaces were created within the existing building envelope. A new exterior play space was also created.
Currently Under Construction
10. Riverside Graduate Housing: Memorial Dr.
Location: 10 Akron St., 870-888 Memorial Drive, Cambridge (see map #10)
Architect: Kyu Sung Woo Architects, Inc. and Elkus/Manfredi Architects, LTD (Wood frame houses)
Scheduled Completion: Fall, 2008
Architect: Kyu Sung Woo Architects, Inc. and Elkus/Manfredi Architects, LTD (Wood frame houses)
Scheduled Completion: Fall, 2008
Harvard affiliate and graduate student housing is being 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) will have its massing concentrated along Akron Street and Memorial Drive and then step down to a low-rise section along Banks Street. On the southern parcel, three separate, wood-frame low-rise structures, including community affordable units, will 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.
Construction began in early 2006 and will continue through summer 2008. Construction updates are available on-line at http://www.construction.harvard.edu/Riverside/memorial_housing.htm
11. 11-13 Sumner Rd.
Location: 11 Sumner Rd., Cambridge (see map #11)
Architect: Boyes-Watson Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2007
Architect: Boyes-Watson Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2007
A full renovation of the 6-unit residential building at 11-13 Sumner Road commenced in late 2006. The project includes exterior improvements such as window replacement, repairs to the siding and trim, and the removal of egress stairs. In addition, Harvard plans to selectively remove a third floor extension and create a pair of new dormers on each side. Construction is expected to continue until summer 2007.
12. 83 Brattle St.
Location: 83 Brattle St., Cambridge (see map #12)
Architect: Arrowstreet
Scheduled Completion: Fall, 2007
Architect: Arrowstreet
Scheduled Completion: Fall, 2007
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, will include an electrical service upgrade, elevator replacement, and renovation of five apartments.
13. 126 Mt. Auburn St.
Location: 126 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge (see map #13)
Architect: Perry & Radford Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2008
Architect: Perry & Radford Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2008
The Crimson Summer Academy is planning a small renovation project that will include the creation of an accessible building entrance and the addition of an accessible bathroom. Construction of the project is expected to begin in the spring of 2008.
14. Rockefeller Hall
Location: Divinity School, 47 Francis Ave., Cambridge (see map #14)
Architect: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2008
Architect: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2008
The Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is planning an extensive renovation of Rockefeller Hall to make the building accessible, to update all systems, and to improve student amenities. As part of this renovation, the residential portion of the building is to be converted to administrative offices; existing teaching space and community gathering areas are to be improved. Exterior repairs include energy efficiency upgrades to the roof and windows as well as limited masonry restoration. In addition, the former parking area west of Rockefeller Hall is to be converted to landscaped green space to create a more cohesive HDS campus. Construction is expected to occur from Summer 2007 to Summer 2008.
15. Wood-frame Houses at North Hall
Location: Corner of Mass. Ave. and Mellen St., Cambridge (see map #15)
Architect: Austin Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2008
Architect: Austin Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2008
To facilitate development of the Northwest Corner project site, the 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. Approximately 85 linear feet of North Hall (constructed in 1960) was demolished to accommodate the relocated wood-frame buildings.
Specifically, the house at 1581-1583 Massachusetts Avenue was moved to the northeast corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Mellen Street, facing Massachusetts Avenue, and Baker House now sits immediately to its east, facing Mellen Street. The Baker House Carriage House has also been moved to the site. Renovations of the three structures will continue through the winter.
16. Northwest Science Building
Location: 52 Oxford St., Cambridge (see map #16)
Architect: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill-San Francisco
Scheduled Completion: Early 2008
Architect: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill-San Francisco
Scheduled Completion: Early 2008
The Northwest Science Building will provide 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 will face the University Museum and will have a very visual presence on Oxford Street. The 210,000 square foot above-ground portion of the facility (another 260,000 square feet will be below ground) will also face Hammond and Gorham Streets, complemented by a landscape designed by Michael Van Valkenberg Associates.
Construction updates are available at www.construction.fas.harvard.edu.
17. Law School Northwest Building
Location: Law School, Corner of Mass. Ave. and Everett St. (see map #17)
Architect: Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2011
Architect: Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Scheduled Completion: Summer, 2011
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.
18. Blackstone Steam Plant
Location: 46 Blackstone St., Cambridge (see map #18)
Architect: Bruner, Cott
Planned Completion: Fall, 2008
Architect: Bruner, Cott
Planned Completion: Fall, 2008
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.
19. Peabody Terrace Facade Restoration
Location: 900 Memorial Dr., Cambridge (see map #19)
Architect: Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Planned Completion: Summer, 2009
Architect: Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Planned Completion: Summer, 2009
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.
20. Byerly Hall
Location: 6-8 Garden St., Cambridge (see map #20)
Architect: Goody Clancy
Planned Completion: Fall, 2008
Architect: Goody Clancy
Planned Completion: Fall, 2008
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies is renovating Byerly Hall to become the new home for the Fellow's Program. The project will include site improvements, landscaping, reorganization of interior spaces, improvement to interior finishes, and upgrading of mechanical and electrical systems. The project will also include a new accessible entrance and other accessibility improvements. Construction began in the spring of 2007 and will be completed by Fall, 2008.
Proposed or in Planning
21. 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.
22. Harvard University Museums
Initiatives by the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) 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.
HUAM 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.
HUAM hopes to begin renovations at 32 Quincy Street at the end of the academic year in 2008, with the goal of reopening by 2012. During construction HUAM will maintain a presence for its collections at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
23. Science Complex
Location: Western Ave., Allston (see map #23)
Architect: Benisch Architects
Planned Completion: Late 2009
Architect: Benisch Architects
Planned Completion: Late 2009
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.
Site preparation work is scheduled to begin in spring 2007, with construction of the complex anticipated to begin in the summer of 2007 and end in late 2009. For additional information see the ADG project information page.
24. Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) Arts Center
Location: 224 Western Ave., Allston (see map #24)
Architect: Daly Genik Architects
Planned Completion:
Architect: Daly Genik Architects
Planned Completion:
Located at 224 Western Ave., the focal point of Barry's Corner in Allston, the HUAM Arts Center initially will house collections and staff from the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums while the facilities at 32 Quincy Street are renovated (to be completed around 2014). In the more distant future, it will serve as the primary exhibition space for contemporary and modern art and as the home of the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art with teaching and research facilities, an object-based study center, and conservation laboratories. Daly Genik Architects of Los Angeles has been retained to design the new building. For additional information see the ADG project information page.
25. Weld Hill, Arnold Arboretum
Location: Centre St., Roslindale (see map #25)
Architect: Stubbins Associates
Planned Completion: Late 2009
Architect: Stubbins Associates
Planned Completion: Late 2009
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.
Last update: January, 2008