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Project Specs

MIT PDSI
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Payette

the People

Owner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Architect
Payette
285 Summer Street
Boston MA, 02210
(p) 617-895-1000
(f) 617-895-1002

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
Principal-in-Charge: James H. Collins Jr., AIA, LEED

Project Architect: Charles Klee, AIA, LEED

Project Team: Jeff DeGregorio, AIA, LEED; Ronald F. Blanchard, AIA; Sarah Radding, AIA; Surajit Nandi; Stephanie Schwarz, IIDA; Deborah Abraham; Michael Wilson; Santiago Garay

Architect-of-Record:
Payette

Associated Architect for Renovations:
Imai Keller Moore Architects

Interior Designer:
Payette

Engineer(s):
MEP/ FP: SEi Companies

Structural: Weidlinger Associates (Cambridge, MA)

Code: R.W. Sullivan Code Group

Consultant(s): 
Lighting: Berg Howland Associates Inc.

Acoustical: Acentech, Inc.

General contractor:
Richard White Sons, Inc.

Photographer:
© Peter Vanderwarker
32 Prince Street
West Newton, MA 02465
Studio: 617-964-2728
Mobile: 857-231-1466

© Robert Benson Photography
P.O. Box 2515
Hartford, CT 06146
Phone: 860-951-3004

Rachellynn Schoen; © Payette
Payette
285 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-895-1296
Contact: Jennifer Hegarty

Renderer(s) and credit as they should appear:
© Payette

CAD system, project management, or other software used: Autocad, Autodesk VIZ, Sketchup

 

the Products

Structural system: Steel moment frame

Exterior cladding:
Metal/glass curtainwall: Vistawall

Concrete: S&F Concrete

EIFS, ACM, or other: MetecnoBenchmark Insulated Metal Panels

Roofing:
Elastomeric: Firestone Building Products

Windows:

Steel: Bliss Nor-Am Doors and Windows Ltd.

Glazing:
Glass: Oldcastle Glass

Skylights: Architectural Skylight Co.

Doors:
Wood doors: Columbus Door Company

Fire-control doors, security grilles: Total Door

Hardware:
Locksets: Schlage

Hinges: Schlage

Closers: Schlage

Exit devices:Von Duprin

Interior finishes:
Acoustical ceilings: Decoustics Limited

Metal Baffle Ceiling System: Chicago Metallic Company

Suspension grid: Armstrong

Special surfacing:  (Utility Bridge and Slab Edge Cladding)  Alucobond Aluminum Composite Material

VCT: Armstrong World Industries

Rubber Flooring: NoraSystem Inc.

Carpet: Atlas Carpet Mills Inc.

Sliding Privacy Panels: Lumicor

Furnishings:
Office furniture: Knoll

Chairs: Knoll

Tables: Neudorfer

Upholstery: Knoll Textiles; Maharam

Other furniture: Lounge Furniture : Keilhauer; Kron USA

Lighting:
Interior ambient lighting: Cooper Lighting; Xenon Lighting

Conveyance:
Elevators/Escalators: Minnesota Elevator

Add any additional building components or special equipment that made a significant contribution to this project:

Atrium Terrazzo Floor:
Artist: Sol LeWitt

Installer: DePaoli Mosaic Company

 

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