Blackstone Station, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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| Blackstone Station | |
| Designer | Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date | 2006 |
| Building Type | School and Academic |
| Construction System | brick, steel, glass |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Campus Context |
| Builder | Consigli Construction Company, Inc., Milford, Massachusetts |
| Green Certification | LEED Platinum Certified |
| Green Certification Score | 54 |
| Street Address | 46 Blackstone Street |
| Notes | Oldest LEED-Platinum rated renovation to date. |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Harvard University |
| Cost | 11 Million US (2006) |
| Area | 42,000 square feet (3,900 square meters) |
| Stories | 3 |
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"The primary design challenge at Harvard University’s Blackstone Renovation was to transform three historic structures into a single, state-of-the-art green building that would provide a collaborative workplace environment and ensure occupant health and comfort. The overall design solution maximizes the principles of sustainability in a modern workspace facility, and the resulting project bolsters systems efficiency and optimizes circulation routes and departmental adjacencies."
"A major strategy for the project was to acknowledge the history of the buildings by preserving their components wherever feasible, while simultaneously adding new components that enhance the performance of the buildings for its users, the environment, and the public. The new design elements are not necessarily built from the same construction techniques or materials as the original buildings (heavy timber framing with exterior masonry bearing walls), and the result is to introduce new readings on the existing structure. All new materials are recyclable, in keeping with the sustainable criteria developed for the buildings."
"The adaptive reuse and repurposing of older buildings to a new program and today’s energy and comfort standards requires innovative thinking and approach. The original site and structures that make up Blackstone had several notable environmental problems. There was almost no permeable surface for rainwater to penetrate. Almost every square foot of roof and land surface was a dark, unshaded heat island. Walls and roofs of the buildings were uninsulated, and some of their window openings were single-glazed. As they stood, they were uncomfortable and unfriendly physically and environmentally."—Education Design Showcase
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- Blackstone Station, Bruner/Cott & Associates web site.
- Blackstone Station Summary page at Bruner/Cott & Associates web site.
- LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1002 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2627
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- 19th Century Platinum - EDC, 2007.1203
