New Sloan Building Creates an Eastern Gateway to Campus
A new building for the Sloan School of Management, which will surely serve as an eastern gateway to the MIT campus, is currently under construction. Building E62 will be located just east of the current Sloan Building (E52) and will extend from Memorial Drive to Main Street. The new building’s orientation to the north will announce the campus to motorists and pedestrians crossing the Longfellow Bridge.
The design of the new building includes offices, 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 will connect to Buildings E52 and E60, improving service access to all MIT facilities on the block. Building E62 will be approximately 215,000 sq.ft. A 425 car-capacity garage, to be managed by the MIT Parking and Transportation Office, will be built below the building.
Like most of MIT’s new buildings, Building E62, will be submitted for a “LEED Silver” or higher 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.
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 relocated. In a separate effort, MIT Grounds Services relocated 30 large rhododendrons from Dibner to Killian Court.
The MIT project managers are Michael Hand, Richard Quade and Lahkan Verma from Facilities, and Cindy Hill from the Sloan School of Management.
The architects for the project are Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners of Santa Monica, California, and Bruner/Cott Associates of Cambridge. They are supported by a team of engineers and consultants. Walsh Brothers, Inc. has been retained to serve as Construction Manager.
Construction is currently underway. The underground garage should be built back to grade-level in the early summer of 2008. The new building is scheduled to be completed in the early summer of 2010.
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