<div dir="ltr">Glass Lab people,<div>Today at 2:00 there will be a meeting in room 10-250 at which the current plan for the new nano building will be elaborated. Since this building will replace building 12 and is directly across from the Glass Lab, it will have a large impact on our environment.</div>
<div>The current plan calls for a grade change that could potentially block a lot of the light coming into our windows. I plan to attend the meeting and advocate for a more gradual grade change that would include seating so that people can use the area as a courtyard while watching glass blowing.</div>
<div>I encourage you to attend this meeting. It will probably be our only chance to have input into the final design.</div><div>Peter</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rtdavis@mit.edu">rtdavis@mit.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:26 AM<br>Subject: Community meetings on MIT.nano building: 5/5 and 5/6<br>
To: <a href="mailto:undisclosed_recipients@mit.edu">undisclosed_recipients@mit.edu</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:rtdavis@mit.edu">rtdavis@mit.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:news@the-tech.mit.edu">news@the-tech.mit.edu</a><br><br><br>
Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Please join us today (or tomorrow) for a community meeting on the new MIT.nano building. As Provost Marty Schmidt wrote in an email last week, the new building will support a wide array of research involving nanoscale materials and will enable innovations to address the urgent challenges of our time in areas such as health, energy, and computing.<br>
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MIT.nano will occupy the footprint of Building 12, a location most shielded from the vibration of surrounding streets and train lines, a critical requirement for cleanroom facilities. All current occupants of Building 12 will be relocated by June 2014 and the existing Building 12 will be demolished in spring 2015. Preparation of the site will begin this June with a fence being erected around the construction zone. While the centrality of Building 12 will be ideal for the research and education that will take place in MIT.nano, the construction will impact the daily routine of our community. Pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular travel will be redirected while construction is underway.<br>
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We hope to see you at one of the meetings. As the construction proceeds, the project team will keep the community informed of this high-priority building project.<br>
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MIT community meetings<br>
MIT faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend one of these presentations.<br>
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Monday, May 5, 2014<br>
3:00-4:00 p.m.<br>
Building 1-190 [link to <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=1" target="_blank">http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=1</a> ]<br>
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014<br>
2:00-3:00 p.m.<br>
Building 10-250 [link to <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=10" target="_blank">http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=10</a> ]<br>
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Learn more<br>
Read an article about MIT.nano: [link to <a href="http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/new-building-will-be-hub-for-nanoscale-research-0429" target="_blank">http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/new-building-will-be-hub-for-nanoscale-research-0429</a> ]<br>
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Regards,<br>
Ruth<br>
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Ruth T. Davis<br>
Manager of Communications<br>
and Sustainability<br>
MIT Department of Facilities<br>
NE49-2100, 77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
Phone: <a href="tel:617-253-7299" value="+16172537299">617-253-7299</a><br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Peter Houk<br>Director, Glass Lab<br>Department of Materials Science and Engineering<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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