[Glass-mit] Fwd: Community meetings on MIT.nano building: 5/5 and 5/6

[Peter Houk]

Glass Lab people,
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.
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.
I encourage you to attend this meeting. It will probably be our only chance
to have input into the final design.
Peter


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From: <rtdavis at mit.edu>
Date: Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:26 AM
Subject: Community meetings on MIT.nano building: 5/5 and 5/6
To: undisclosed_recipients at mit.edu
Cc: rtdavis at mit.edu, news at the-tech.mit.edu


Dear Colleagues,

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.

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.

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.

MIT community meetings
MIT faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend one of these
presentations.

Monday, May 5, 2014
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Building 1-190 [link to http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=1 ]

Tuesday, May 6, 2014
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Building 10-250 [link to http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=10 ]

Learn more
Read an article about MIT.nano: [link to
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/new-building-will-be-hub-for-nanoscale-research-0429]

Regards,
Ruth

Ruth T. Davis
Manager of Communications
and Sustainability
MIT Department of Facilities
NE49-2100, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-7299



-- 
Peter Houk
Director, Glass Lab
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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