Harvard University – Bauer Life Sciences Laboratory

Project involved a new dramatic, triangular building to expand Harvard’s Chemistry Department complex.

Client:		Harvard University
Designer:		Ellenzweig Associates
Size:		60,000 SF

 

Project Features

• Complex curtainwall façade with a soaring three-story atrium.
• Extensive below grade work for utility relocation.
• 30,000 sf of subterranean space beneath the interior courtyard.
• “Geo-Jet” earth retention system and drill shafts used to form the foundation retaining wall in order to minimize noise and vibration.
• Multi-level pedestrian connectors and tunnels connect the new facility to the existing science complex.
• Interior work included laboratories, faculty offices, conference rooms and lecture halls.
• Adjacent to the Peabody Museum and the Harvard Museum of Natural History, which houses a priceless, fragile collection of 3,000 glass models of plants.
• Winner of the Build Massachusetts Honor Award