On April 12, 2016, the Harvard Gazette featured our Harvard Memorial Church Renovation project as the historic building is set to close for construction following graduation commencement next month.
Harvard’s Memorial Church is one the most prominent buildings on the Harvard University campus as it is positioned in Harvard Yard. It is located opposite Widener Library in Tercentenary Theatre, and the building serves regularly as house of worship and as a focus for key events. It is where first-year students are welcomed during Convocation, and it serves as the backdrop for Commencement. The renovation marks the first significant renovation in more than 30 years.
The renovation will include accessibility and safety compliance upgrades, a reconfigured lower level and a new climate-control system to allow for improved use of the church year-round.
Prior to the Memorial Church Renovation, we previously worked with Harvard University on the renovation of the Harvard Art Museums.
The full article can be found on Harvard.edu/Gazette.
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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