Harvard University Science Center

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Title

Harvard University Science Center

Agent

Josep Lluis Sert (American architect, 1902-1983)

Location

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
-28.73992

Date

1973 (creation)
20th century

Style Period

Twentieth century

Cultural Context

American

Worktype

building divisions
rooms and spaces
classrooms
building divisions
rooms and spaces
dining halls

Material

reinforced concrete
steel
glass

Technique

construction (assembling)

Subject

Architecture and City Planning

Description

view from Cambridge Street
Harvard's main classroom and laboratory building for undergraduate science and mathematics, in addition to housing numerous other allied departments and services. Located just north of Harvard Yard, the Science Center was built in 1973 after a design by Josep Lluís Sert (then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design). As part of its construction the portion of Cambridge Street running along the north edge of Harvard Yard was depressed into an underpass, allowing unhindered pedestrian movement between the Yard and Harvard facilities to the north, including the Science Center itself. The Center includes teaching laboratories, five lecture halls, twenty general-use classrooms, a cafeteria, library, computer store and the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.

Rights

© Saif Haq
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

ID

Haq1029

Source

Saif Haq

Collection

Citation

Sert, Josep Lluis, Harvard University Science Center, 1973 (creation), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Saif Haq. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/18954.

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