Sloan School Expansion

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Architect	Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners; lead designers Bruner / Cott Architects
Completed	2010
Scope	215,000 gsf, with 190,000 gsf underground garage
Design features	Includes 205 offices, 6 classrooms, over 30 group study rooms, dining, Executive Education suite, lounge areas, and new, usable outdoor spaces including a rebuild of Sloan Plaza. The building’s layout connects to Buildings E52 and E60 improving service access to all MIT facilities on the block and incorporating both older buildings in a unified expression around an elevated outdoor terrace along Memorial Drive. An underground garage
Sustainable features	brownfield redevelopment light pollution reduction operable windows to provide natural ventilation and individual control sunshades and screens on the southern façade of the building to improve daylighting while reducing solar heat gain daylighting controls on lighting and window shades to reduce the energy use of the building irrigation system connected to central weather station for minimization of watering low-flow urinals, toilets and showers are a few of the measures that will reduce the buildings water use by 20 percent storm water filtration system that will improve the quality of water that reaches the Charles River low-emitting materials including adhesives, sealants, paints, and carpets
Awards	LEED-Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, 2011

Like most of MIT’s new buildings, Building E62, will be submitted for a LEED rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. The project incorporates a high-performance envelope with operable windows in office areas, (partial) green roof, low-wattage lighting, demand ventilation, occupancy sensor controls, water-based terminal heating and cooling units, and easy access to usable outdoor spaces. The garage, which has facilities for Zip Cars, is also designed to provide a large area of enclosed bicycle parking and support facilities for cyclists. Other bike parking is distributed around the site. Additional information on the sustainable building elements may be found on the Fact Sheet.

Prior to the start of construction, two 40-foot pin oak trees, each weighing 16 tons, were moved from Building E56 to their new home on Carleton Street across from the entrance to MIT Medical. Contractor D. Schumacher moved the trees for about the cost of purchasing a single new tree of the size

Project Team 

Project Managers/MIT	Milan Pavlinic, Program Manager; Richard Quade, Senior Project Manager; Frank Higson, Senior Engineer; and Cindy Hill, Director of Sloan Capital Projects
design Architect	Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners; Santa Monica, CA
executive Architect	Bruner / Cott Architects; Cambridge, MA
Structural Engineers	LeMessurier Consultants; Cambridge, MA
general contractor	Walsh Brothers, Inc.; Boston, MA