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Green Building (MIT) in Cambridge, United States
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

Taller de Arquitectura XTaller de Arquitectura X

1981 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19641981
PlaceCambridge, Cambridge, United StatesMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place contextAmes Street, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesRepresentative site: Calle Gobernador Rafaél Rebollar, San Miguel Chapultepec 1ª Sección, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, México
Climate1°C · 13.8h daylight · 7 km/h wind14°C · 12.8h daylight · 2 km/h wind · via Kurimanzutto
FocusHouse2 works in corpus
Architects
  • I. M. Pei
  • Alberto Kalach
Linked context

Bureaus

  • I. M. Pei & Partners

Notable works

  • Kurimanzutto
  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Typologies
  • house
  • infrastructure
  • gallery
  • house
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
Materials
  • earth
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
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.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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