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LABORATORY FOR INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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LABORATORY FOR INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Camdbridge, USA

2000-2008

  • The ‘fluid’ nature of a campus like Harvard’s is evident in this project. The need for a cleanroom for the research work of physicists, chemists, and biologists led to the ‘emptying’ of a courtyard to meet all the requirements: accessibility, security, emergency evacuation, ventilation, no vibration, no magnetic fields, no natural light, no particulates, etc. It was deemed necessary to preserve the campus’s integrity and essential features, and symbiosis is a good way to describe the complex situation resulting from the tower (where the laboratories are) resting on a powerful arcade that functions as a new gateway between the Yard and Oxford Street. More than a new building, the LISE is a fragment of the campus’s urban fabric. The space behind the Science Center – the birch tree courtyard – was definitely one of the project’s priorities.

  • LOCATION:

    Camdbridge (Massachusetts), United States

  • CLIENT:

    Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  • PROGRAM:

    Laboratory for Interface of Science and Engineering

  • ARCHITECT:

    Rafael Moneo

  • PROJECT TEAM:

    Design Project Architect:
    Wilson Architects
    Mark Reed

    Project team:
    Valeria Mazarakis (Architect)
    Peter Lee (Architect)
    Francisco Padilla (Architect)
    Sebastián Guivernau (Architect)
    David Goodman (Architect)

  • COLLABORATORS:

    Structural Engineer: LeMessurier Consultants

    Civil Engineer: Science / Engineering/ Architecture Consultants, Inc.

    Mechanical Engineer: Bard, Rao, Athanas Consulting Engineers

    Landscape Architect: Stephen Stimson Associates

    Acoustic, Vibration: Acentech, Inc.

    Code: Rolf Jensen Associates

    Health and Security: Advanced Technologies Solutions

    Tools: Abbie Gregg, Inc.

  • BUDGET:

    Not published

  • SURFACE AREA:

    12542 m2

  • DATE:

    Comission: Septiembre de 2000
    Construction start: 2004-2008

  • PICTURES:

    © Michael Moran/OTTO