As a low, pavilion-style building, the new Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center at Cape Cod Community has so far experienced several rapid transformations, and erecting the steel frame is certainly one of them. The entire frame will be complete in the space of only 2 weeks! Together with the erectors union and the College administration, Payette joined the traditional “topping off” ceremony on June 1st. The college welcomed students, faculty and staff to add their names along with the entire project team and crew, followed by a short ceremony and lunch.
This project offers a transformative new heart to an important campus for regional STEM learning on the Cape. It will house teaching labs, faculty offices and support spaces for Chemistry, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Physics, Engineering and Environmental Sciences. This project is set to achieve LEED Silver and Net Positive thanks to a robust solar renewable energy production on the roof and parking area.
Opening later this year, the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA is an essay in the tuning of building façades for performance. The aluminum sunshades that veil the building began as a concept tested by scoring Bristol paper. The team utilized tools from all modalities: paper models, CNC-mills, parametric studies, solar analysis, wind and water simulations and full-scale mock-ups to inform the design and drive energy use down. The ultra-high performance building is tracking a 61% reduction in energy use compared to the 2030 baseline.
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