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Green Building (MIT) in Cambridge, United States

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Green Building (MIT)

1964 · Cambridge, Cambridge, United States

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Research labs, education in Massachusetts, US

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Green Building (MIT)

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Green Building (MIT)Green Building (MIT)

1964 · Cambridge, Cambridge, United States

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19641958
PlaceCambridge, Cambridge, United StatesMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextCambridge, Cambridge, United StatesRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate2°C · 13.6h daylight · 8 km/h wind32°C · 12.4h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusHouse12 works in corpus
Architects
  • I. M. Pei
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • I. M. Pei & Partners

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • house
  • infrastructure
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • earth
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

Earth look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Earth

Concrete, Brick, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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