Project overview: The Science and Engineering Complex is about doing more with less – the product of a strategic infill addition that creates space for interdisciplinary research in biology, environmental science and neuroscience while connecting two historic buildings to create a dynamic, community focused, high tech hub for open communication and cross-pollination.
Project location: Medford, Massachusetts
Firm name: Payette
Project type: Higher Education Facilities | Science & Research
Jury comments: This project incorporates many aspects of sustainable design: an infill that makes the best and highest use of an existing building and site, innovative mechanical systems, and creative introduction of light and air to interior spaces. By saving an existing historic building and renovating another building (that was originally not included in the initial client brief), the existing building likely gained another 50 years of usefulness. This project had fantastic documentation, including explicit performance metrics, such as energy savings. The jury appreciated the overall strategy to create a hub for the campus in a very dense neighborhood.
