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MIT Community Forum

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam ArchitectsMichael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Greenberg ConsultantsHR&A Advisors

VHBAtelier Ten

11 December 2013

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEast Campus Urban Design Study

Cambridge Community Forum

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam ArchitectsMichael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Greenberg ConsultantsHR&A Advisors

VHBAtelier Ten

12 December 2013

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEast Campus Urban Design Study

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1. Highlights of what we heard from you: a. November 7 - MIT Community Forum b. November 14 - Cambridge Community Forum

2. 4 Critical Design Issues: a. Eastgate Site b. Gateway(s) c. Connections d. Public Space / Mixed Use 3. Discussion of Critical Design Issues

Presentation Agenda

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Feedback from MIT Community ForumNovember 7, 2013

Kendall Square East Campus Gateway(s)• Better connect MIT with Kendall Square • Transparency and activity at street level • OpenupgroundfloorsonMainStreettopublicaccess• Need residential to keep area alive • Need things that stay open late – theaters, movies • Grocery store

Connections/ Public Space/ Vibrancy/ Permeability • Better access to the Charles River • A pedestrian plaza to enhance actual Kendall Square• Donotturnbacktothecity,integrate,overlapcampusandcity• Remove surface parking lots • No more ‘dead ends’ • Wintergardens,internalpublicareas• Integrate with development plans for surrounding areas like Volpe

MIT-ness• Innovation, hands on research, transparency • Space for MIT entrepreneurs to connect with industry and other students • InnovationCenteraccessibletocommunity• Diversityandserendipitythatbrings‘geeks’togethertocreatestuffto change the world• Lotsofmeetingspace,tables,greenwall-up,goodcafesagreatcatalyst• MIT Museum – move to Kendall from current hidden location• ExtendtheInfiniteCorridor• Morespaceforstudentsacrossallschoolstocollaborate,worktogether, explore ideas

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Feedback from Cambridge Community ForumNovember 14, 2013

Kendall Square East Campus Gateway(s)• Where exactly is Kendall Square? • Improve link to MIT from T stop • Improve T Station Headhouse • Work with MBTA to improve service • Keep long term plans for circumferential transit in mind• Consider rotary at Main and Broadway• StronglydefineMainStreetwith‘communal’uses–retailfor studentandneighbourhooduse• Great place for grocery store • NeedporousedgestoMainStreet,newpublicspaces,lifeinthe evening, movie theaters etc. • Performanceareaswithbackstageworkshops

Housing and Vibrancy• Needpeoplearoundnightsandweekendsforretailviability• Need housing for grad students, post docs, and junior staff • Housingdiversity–affordable,middleincome

Connections/ Public Space/ Permeability • Activate path from Kendall Square to River • Enhance open space connections to River• Revitalization of Memorial Drive • Conversion of median into working landscape• Partnerships are key in rethinking surrounding infrastructure • Look to reduce auto impacts, more pedestrian spaces

Environment/ Sustainability • Leadership on environment • Storm water, green infrastructure • Tree canopy enhancement, green streets • LinkwithSubWatershedBoundaryoftheCharlesRiver• Modify street grid, orientation to the River and southern exposure

MIT-ness• Highlight MIT’s unique successes• Celebratehightechleadershipandaccomplishments• TrueMIT-nessisfiguringoutbigideasandsolutions

4 4 Critical Design Issues


Eastgate Site


Gateway(s)


Connections


Public Space / Mixed Use

9 4 Critical Design IssuesEastgate Site

Amherst Street

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Future Academic

Existing Academic Building

Existing Key Building on/near site

New Laboratory/Office/Retail

Student Housing


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100 Memorial Drive

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Student Housing


Amherst Street

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Carle

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Main Street

Charlotte’s Way

Broadway

Third Stre

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E48

E40

E51

E53

100 Memorial Drive

E38

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E52E1

E2

E14

E23

76

68

E25

E19

E18

E17

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Future Academic




Student Housing


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100 Memorial Drive

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Existing Academic BuildingExisting Key Building on/near siteNew Laboratory/O�ce/RetailStudent Housing

17 4 Critical Design IssuesGateway(s)

Amherst Street

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33 4 Critical Design IssuesConnections

Amherst Street

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NewMarket

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34 4 Critical Design IssuesConnections

Amherst Street

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Main Street

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E48

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100 Memorial Drive

E38

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Future Academic




NewMarket

Residential

Public Space

Temoprary Public Space

FutureConnection

toRiver

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35 4 Critical Design IssuesPublicSpace-LandscapeTypes

Amherst Street

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Main Street

Charlotte’s Way

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ThirdStre

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E48

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100 Memorial Drive

E38

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E1

E2

E14

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76

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E25

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E18

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Plaza

Plaza

Garden

Garden

Garden

Plaza

Landscape View

Common Space

HybridLandscape

HybridLandscape

Building

Building

Building

ConnectiveCorridor

ConnectiveCorridor

ConnectiveCorridor

ConnectiveCorridor

ConnectiveCorridor

Landscape Types

Plaza

Yard / Common Spaces

Garden

Connective Corridor

Landscape View

Hybrid Landscape

36 Bailey Plaza, Cornell University

Plaza

37 Union Square Plaza, New York

Plaza

38 Union Square Plaza, New York

Plaza

39 Harvard Yard, Harvard University

Common Space

40 Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York

Landscape View

41 Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York

Landscape View

42 Hudson River Park, New York

Landscape View

43 Princeton University, New Jersey

Connective Corridors

44 Princeton University, New Jersey

Connective Corridors

45 Hudson Park Boulevard, New York

Hybrid Landscapes

46 Boston Children’s Museum, Boston

Hybrid Landscapes

47 Hudson Park Boulevard, New York

Hybrid Landscapes

48 4 Critical Design IssuesMixed Use

Cultivating the synergistic DNA of Kendall Square

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Charlotte’s Way

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E48

E40

E51

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100 Memorial Drive

E38

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E52

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E1

E2

E14

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76

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E25

E19

E18

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Open S

pace Research

ResearchThe Infinite Corridor

The ‘T’Labs/Offices

Labs/Offices

Living

LivingShopping

ShoppingMain Street

Kendall Square

The River

Learning

Learning



Amherst Street

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Carle

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Ames

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Wad

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Main Street

Charlotte’s Way

Broadway

Third Stre

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E48

E40

E51

E53

100 Memorial Drive

E38

E39

E52

E55

E1

E2

E14

E23

76

68

E25

E19

E18

E17

NE25

N18

62 64

66

50

E70

E15

E62

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Open S

pace

Research



Labs/Offices

Living

Living

ShoppingShoppingShopping

Main Street

Kendall Square

The River

Learning

Learning



Amherst Street

Memorial Drive

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treet

Carle

ton

Stre

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Ames

Stre

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Hay

ward

Stre

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Wad

swor

th S

treet

Main Street

Charlotte’s Way

Broadway

Third Stre

et

E48

E40

E51

E53

100 Memorial Drive

E38

E39

E52

E55

E1

E2

E14

E23

76

68

E25

E19

E18

E17

NE25

N18

62 64

66

50

E70

E15

E62

E60

Open S

pace Research



Labs/Offices

Living Living

ShoppingMain Street

Kendall Square

The River

Learning

Learning

Eastgate Site

Gateway(s)

Connections

Public Space / Mixed Use

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