Harvard Designates Studio Gang As architecture firm Of Enterprise Research Campus In Allston
20/12/2019.
[Boston] USA
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The Harvard Allston Land Company (HALC) in Boston has selected also the developer Tishman Speyer to built the first phase of a new research campus at Harvard University. Tishman Speyer’s previous collaborations with Gang include residential projects in San Francisco and Brooklyn, as well as the mixed-use Mission Rock neighborhood project in San Francisco. Gang has also done work on the University of Chicago’s campus and on O’Hare International Airport."
The proposed 36-acre Enterprise Research Campus, according to The Harvard Gazette, could bring a mix of laboratories, residences, and commercial uses to a former industrial rail yard situated in the town of Allston on the banks of the Charles River. Also included on the project team are Henning Larsen, Utile, and landscape architects Scape.
Phase one of the project measures 14 acres in size and has received initial regulatory approval for 900,000 square feet of new development from the Boston Planning and Development Agency. The plan for the district, which has not been wholly formalized, could unite research facilities, a conference center, a hotel, and other supporting programs to create "a center for innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship, bringing together partners from across greater Boston and beyond," according to a project press release. Though the specific components of the project are yet to be decided, the developer and architects have arrived an an approach for a site organized around "open spaces that are configured to simultaneously maximize user comfort and offer a diverse mix of program potential," according to the university.
Jeanne Gang. American architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang is the founding principal of Studio Gang. Jeanne is recognized internationally for her bold and functional designs that incorporate ecologically friendly technologies in a wide range of striking structures. She has been sought out by numerous organizations to engage her creative approach for mission-oriented architecture and design.
Jeanne and Studio Gang have produced some of today’s most compelling design work, including the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park, the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, and Aqua Tower.