Harvard Business School, Gallatin Hall

Boston, MA | 2008

The LEED-NC Gold renovation of Gallatin Hall is a central element of Harvard Business School's update and expansion of on-campus student housing alternatives.

The Hall is part of the school's original 1926-28 McKim, Mead and White complex. Its renovation has transformed the outdated configuration of bedrooms and ancillary spaces into 73 generous single bedroom/bathroom combinations. A common kitchen on each floor supplements campus dining facilities. The original two-story Gallatin Hall dining room was converted from its latest use as office space to be the new house lounge, across which a new glass-paneled second floor bridge apparently floats. The lounge directly connects to the redesigned and newly accessible courtyard space, an integral component of the original McKim/Olmsted system of open spaces on campus but one which had previously limited universal access to the building.

This sustainable project features a sophisticated building management system with information ported to a "building dashboard", allowing residents to access real-time feedback on energy usage. Other sustainable strategies include use of rapidly renewable and high recycled content products and recycling of over 95 percent of construction demolition and waste.

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