2024-11-05T03:09:51-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150409252/harvard-gsd-details-gund-hall-renovations Josh Niland 2023-12-21T12:06:00-05:00 >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&rsquo;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.&nbsp;</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&rsquo;s iconic &lsquo;trays,&rsquo; the terraced glass structures covering studio spaces will be reglazed. The GSD is testing out prototypes in Gund Hall&rsquo;s 'The Pit' multiuse area and says they are especially hopeful for a hybrid vacuum-insulated ...</p>