Genzyme Center
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| Genzyme Center | |
| Designer | Behnisch, Behnisch and Partner |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date | 2004 |
| Building Type | office building |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Builder | Turner Construction Company |
| Green Certification | LEED Platinum Certified |
| Green Certification Score | 52 |
| Street Address | 500 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 Walk Score |
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| Building Details | |
| Area | 344,000 sq. feet |
| Stories | 12 |
| Site | 10-acre |
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"Genzyme Center is the corporate headquarters for a biotechnology company, with offices, an employee cafeteria, a library, gardens, training rooms, a conference center, cafes, and public retail space. Genzyme Center was created as a symbol of progress to represent a point of identification for the company, its employees, and visitors. The goal of the design was to develop a building from the inside out, from the individual working environment to the overall complex structure of the building. Largely due to the collaboration of the design team, developer, client, and construction team, this led to an environmentally friendly, highly communicative, and innovative signature building."—USGBC
[edit] Project Credits
- Architect: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner
- Landscape architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
- Architect (Executive architect – base building): House & Robertson Architects
- Architect (Executive architect – tenant improvement): Next Phase Studios
- MEP and environmental consultant: Buro Happold
- Lighting consultant: Bartenbach LichtLabor
- Interior gardens consultant: LOG ID Solararchitectur
- Contractor: Turner Construction Company
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[edit] Reference
Project Description, U.S. Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.0909 http://leedcasestudies.usgbc.org/overview.cfm?ProjectID=274 LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1002 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=945
- Project Overviews. 2004. American Institute of Architects.
[edit] External Links
Behnisch in Boston at ArchitectureWeek
