Hip Hop Archive - FAS

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Hip Hop Archive - FAS

Hip Hop Archive - FAS
LEED Rating System
LEED for Commercial Interiors
LEED Rating Version
2.0
Certification Level
Silver
Month Completed
September
Year Completed
2008
Client (School/Department)
FAS

Project highlights

  • Within a 1/4 radius are access to 12 MBTA bus lines, 4 Harvard Shuttle lines, and 1 MBTA subway station (Harvard Square)
  • 98% of appliances are Energy Star Rated
  • Lighting power density was reduced by 27% below code compliant standards
  • All materials installed on the project have low VOC content

Project summary

The Harvard Hiphop Archive is a 1,497 square foot, fit-out located on the second floor of 104 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, MA. The Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ W.E.B. Du Bois Institute of African and African-American Research leases the space from Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. The building
is a 34,526 square foot, five-story office building with retail establishments on the first floor.