Boylston Hall Classroom Updates

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Classrooms AV upgrades and Finishes Upgrade Project for three classrooms on the first floor of Boylston Hall, Classrooms 103, 104 and 105, and the Fong Auditorium. The three classrooms are flat floor with mobile chairs with tablet arms. The Auditorium is a 140 seat tiered lecture hall. Jones Architecture in the early design stages for the flat floor classrooms studied the replacement of the existing chairs with mobile tablet arm chairs, relocating the teaching wall to the short wall within the room, and different options for expanding writing surfaces.

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2,900 NSF

TEAM:
Principal in Charge: Rick Jones
Project Director: Samuel Clement

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Boylston Hall Classroom Updates

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

TEAM:

SUGGESTED READING

PROJECT

School of Social Work and International Programs

WORK

Squeak & Hum

WORK

The Engineered Classroom