Buildings

SEAS campus and related buildings

Administrative, Research, and Teaching Spaces

	Engineering Sciences Lab 58 Oxford Street Bioengineering; Environmental Sciences & Engineering; Microbiology; Scientific Machine Shop. The recently refurbished 2nd and 3rd floors of the ESL provide facilities for laboratory-intensive bioengineering work and graduate student kitchens and lounges. The building, which opened in 1964 as a center for research on combustion and the behavior of gases at high temperatures, was designed by Minoru Yamasaki. (38,800 GSF).
	60 Oxford Street (3rd and 4th floors) 60 Oxford Street Bioengineering; Applied Sciences. 60 Oxford St. was one of Harvard's first three building projects to agree to pilot the LEED framework in 2002. The building is located at the corner of Oxford and Hammond Streets, adjacent to a residential district. Note: the first two floors are occupied by University Information Systems. The building is highly secured. Harvard ID and/or a prior appointment is necessary to gain access. (16,470/49,400 GSF).
	Cruft Laboratory 29 Oxford Street Applied Physics; Physics. Bridge links to LISE and Pierce. Recently refurbished to better integrate with the new LISE building, Cruft houses faculty working at the interfaces of applied physics and physics. In 1919 one of the most important inventions communications came out of Cruft, the crystal oscillator invented by George Washington Pierce (Ph.D., 1900). The oscillator enabled a given radio station to stay “fixed” at a proper frequency and allowed multiple telephone calls to occur over a single line. (20,360 GSF).
	Gordon McKay Laboratory of Applied Science 9 Oxford Street Applied Physics; Mechanical Engineering; IT. Links directly to LISE and the Science Center (underground). Opened in 1953, the McKay Laboratory building is one of SEAS' most critical research facilities. The three-story glass, steel, and concrete structure was built on funds from the bequest of Gordon McKay. Recently completed projects in McKay include an new chemical engineering lab to support efforts in fluidics and soft condensed matter and a major laboratory for advanced sensor research. (82,700 GSF).
	Maxwell Dworkin 33 Oxford Street Computer Science; Electrical Engineering; Café. Bridge to Pierce Hall. The Maxwell Dworkin building was built with funds donated by Microsoft Chairman William H. Gates III and Microsoft President Steven A. Ballmer, both members of the Class of 1977, in memory of their mothers, Mary Maxwell Gates and Beatrice Dworkin Ballmer. Maxwell Dworkin opened in 1999 to house the growing computer science and electrical engineering faculty. The lobby features a social space. (97,540 GSF).
	Pierce Hall 29 Oxford Street, 99,000 GSF Dean’s Office; SEAS Administration; Academic Office; Library; Applied Mathematics; Bioengineering; Environmental Sciences & Engineering; Mechanical Engineering. Mail; Kitchen. Bridge to Maxwell Dworkin and bridge to Cruft/LISE. Completed in 1901, Pierce Hall's recent renovations include: Gordon McKay Library; undergraduate teaching labs; new high-tech auditorium (Pierce 109); and the addition of research labs on the ground floor. (99,000 GSF).

Key Related FAS Buildings

The Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE)

15 Oxford Street
Nanoscale and mesoscale science and engineering. Bridge to Cruft/Pierce and link to Science Center (underground).

This FAS shared facility houses collaborations in the areas of nanoscale science and nanoscale systems research. Laboratories are housed in the one-third of LISE that is aboveground and in the three-level basement is a shared cleanroom, facilities for materials synthesis, and a microscopy suite. Links to Cruft, McKay Laboratory, the Harvard Science Center. Cafe/Dining. (139,680 GSF).

Northwest Building

52 Oxford Street
Neuroscience, systems biology, bioengineering, genomics

Located just north of the Harvard Museum of Natural History the structure houses interdisciplinary laboratories, classrooms, and offices. Rather than being dedicated to specific academic departments, space in the building is assigned to groups of faculty that share similar research interests. Among the tenants are researchers in neuroscience, systems biology, and genomics. Cafe/Dining. (510,000 GSF).

Social Center at Maxwell Dworkin

The social center space, on the ground floor of Maxwell Dworkin, offers comfortable seating, work spaces, wi-fi access, a flat screen television (with cable programming), and self-service food and beverage bending. Select hot beverages are available 24-hours a day with Crimson Cash.

Open to all members of the Harvard community and their accompanied guests.

If you have any suggestions or comments about the space please let the Facilities Office know.

Energy Conservation at SEAS

Users of SEAS facilities should always be conscious of the need for energy conservation. When rooms are not in use, lights should be turned off. Decisions about the use of heating and air conditioning should take into account the need for wise energy use.

Recycling

In SEAS buildings, we recycle paper, certain plastic bottles, and metal cans. The Facilities Office also collects spent fluorescent tubes and batteries. Paper is collected from recycling bins daily. We encourage all faculty, staff, and students to recycle materials to the greatest extent possible.

Green Initiative

A SEAS green initiative is now under development; please check this website for updates. For additional information on energy conservation practices at Harvard University, see the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/cerp/.

Buildings

Administrative, Research, and Teaching Spaces

Engineering Sciences Lab

60 Oxford Street (3rd and 4th floors)

Cruft Laboratory

Gordon McKay Laboratory of Applied Science

Maxwell Dworkin

Pierce Hall