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
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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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