The $378 million Albert Sherman Center is a 512,000 s/f facility (with a 465,500 s/f adjacent parking garage) for biomedical research and education was completed in December 2012. The Sherman Center contains 200,000 s/f of educational space including a 350-seat auditorium, conference and seminar spaces, a cafeteria, a flexible function suite, campus support spaces, and a fitness center for faculty, students, and staff. It also includes 300,000 s/f of wet laboratory space, administrative spaces, and a vivarium for small animals. The Sherman Center expands and unifies the campus, doubles its research capacity and supports the school's new learner-centered curriculum.
Completed on schedule and under budget, the Albert Sherman Center achieved LEED Gold certification. The project team collaborated to implement some of the most innovative and sustainable planning, design and construction methods in the industry.
Submitters: ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge and Suffolk Construction