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Green Building (MIT) in Cambridge, United States

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Green Building (MIT)

1964 · Cambridge, Cambridge, United States

Green Building (MIT) image

Research labs, education in Massachusetts, US

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Green Building (MIT)

Cambridge, Cambridge, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Green Building (MIT)Green Building (MIT)

1964 · Cambridge, Cambridge, United States

Lacaton & Vassal

Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1964Unrecorded
PlaceCambridge, Cambridge, United StatesDunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Place contextCambridge, Cambridge, United StatesRepresentative site: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Climate8°C · 13.6h daylight · 18 km/h wind16°C · 14.0h daylight · 16 km/h wind · via Tour Bois le Pretre
FocusHouse4 works in corpus
Architects
  • I. M. Pei
  • Anne Lacaton
  • Jean-Philippe Vassal
  • Lacaton & Vassal
Linked context

Bureaus

  • I. M. Pei & Partners

Notable works

  • Tour Bois le Pretre
  • FRAC Dunkerque
  • Polyvalent Theater
  • Grand Parc Bordeaux
Typologies
  • house
  • infrastructure
  • housing
  • renovation
  • social housing
  • cultural
  • museums exhibit
  • exhibition center
  • theaters performance
  • theater
Materials
  • earth
  • concrete
  • glass
  • polycarbonate
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Earth

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • 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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded0 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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