Archinect - News2024-11-21T09:48:10-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150409252/harvard-gsd-details-gund-hall-renovations
Harvard GSD details Gund Hall renovations Josh Niland2023-12-21T12:06:00-05:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/81/81f8a497e0630123093bdf93b4c35f4c.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Harvard’s <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Graduate School of Design</a> has unveiled plans for a slate of renovations that will culminate next year and are aimed at improving the user experience for students and faculty at 51-year-old Gund Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts. </p>
<p>The project will help preserve the familiar John Andrews design for new generations while serving as a model for the sustainable redevelopment of midcentury structures, the school announced. Boston-based <a href="https://archinect.com/brunercott" target="_blank">Bruner/Cott Architects</a> will be leading the process, leaning on its past renovation and remodeling of the Harvard Holyoke Center with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/19046374/hopkins-architects" target="_blank">Hopkins Architects</a> that was completed in 2019.</p>
<p>The first phase of construction will insulate the building envelope in order to reduce energy costs and increase occupational comfort. Gund Hall’s iconic ‘trays,’ the terraced glass structures covering studio spaces will be reglazed. The GSD is testing out prototypes in Gund Hall’s 'The Pit' multiuse area and says they are especially hopeful for a hybrid vacuum-insulated ...</p>