Planning to attend the 2018 SCUP North Atlantic Regional Conference? This year, you will have the opportunity to tour our Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex and the MIT Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Spectroscopy Lab, Infrastructure (PDSI) in the campus’ Main Group. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge on March 4-6, 2018.
Cutting Edge Science from Both Sides of the River
Attendees with visit both the Northeastern Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex and the MIT.nano Center.
The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) at Northeastern University represents the completion of the first phase of a newly planned academic precinct. Constructed on an urban brownfield site consisting of an existing surface parking lot set between two garages, the new facility establishes both a physical landmark for the University’s presence in the neighborhood and a centerpiece for recruitment of new scientific faculty to foster emerging research initiatives across the campus. The 234,000 gsf building houses adaptable labs for collaborative research as well as teaching labs, an auditorium and flexible-use classrooms. A new pedestrian connector (PedX) slated for completion in 2018 will support the vision of linking the University’s Huntington Avenue Campus with the new precinct on Columbus Avenue by spanning the Amtrak/MBTA rail lines that separate them.
The building, tracking LEED Gold, is designed to use 75% less energy than a typical intensive research building (103 EUI) and will provide the University a projected 33% energy cost savings. Within the structure, research labs, offices, staff workstations, conference rooms, break areas and a cafe are oriented around a six-story atrium, which functions as the cultural nexus of the complex and cultivates a vibrant shared public realm.
Details:
Sunday, March 4 │ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Renewal at MIT – The Main Group Tour
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recognized that many of its signature buildings were in need of renovation and re-imagining in order to meet the needs of current and future research students. Identifying and prioritizing these needs and obtaining ‘buy-in’ from senior administration is difficult. The overall expansion and renovation of the campus’s Main Group has provided significant infrastructure renewal and modernization, including:
- Re-claimed Main Group basement space, which has been turned into desirable lab space.
- Re-imagined and renovated Barker Engineering Library in Building 10, also known as the Great Dome.
- Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Spectroscopy Lab, Infrastructure (PDSI) (Building 6C) a re-claimed courtyard put to a new use, integrated into the Main Group.
- Building 2 – complete renovation and expansion.
In each of these cases, there is a mix of historic restoration, creative new uses, transformed spaces and technical achievements. This tour will highlight the results of MIT’s efforts on a selection of several of its most well-known buildings.
Details:
Tuesday, March 6 │ 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Conference Details:
SCUP 2018 North Atlantic Regional Conference
March 4–6, 2018
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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