The GMGI Gloucester Biotechnology Academy recently celebrated their expanded space with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Guests at the ceremony included Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy and Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante.
The space was made possible with funding from a Massachusetts Workforce Skills Capital Grant which was matched in contributions from industry and private donors. The expanded 3,200 sf space enables the Academy to double its annual class size to 40 students and has allowed them to add biomanufacturing to their curriculum, opening up more options for Academy graduates while also meeting the growing demand for a workforce to meet the needs of the biotech industry in Massachusetts.
This exciting project expands upon the first Academy teaching lab, which we completed in 2015. The new space features an open-concept classroom, a state-of-the-art biomanufacturing laboratory, an instrument room and additional office and storage space.
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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