{"id":13398,"date":"2008-04-24T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T04:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/gazette\/?p=13398"},"modified":"2008-04-24T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T04:00:56","slug":"president-faust-announces-committee-to-enhance-spaces-on-harvards-cambridge-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2008\/04\/president-faust-announces-committee-to-enhance-spaces-on-harvards-cambridge-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"President Faust announces committee to enhance spaces on Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<header\n\tclass=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-article-header alignfull article-header is-style-square has-light-background has-colored-heading\"\n\tstyle=\" \"\n>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/campus-community\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tCampus &amp; Community\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tPresident Faust announces committee to enhance spaces on Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2008-04-24\">\n\t\t\tApril 24, 2008\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t4 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harvard University President Drew Faust today (April 24) announced the formation of a University-wide steering committee to explore ways to enhance Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus to ensure that the physical environment better supports the intellectual and social vitality of the University. The committee, working with the University Planning Office (UPO), will guide the planning and development of a series of improvements to areas on Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus that will draw people together for work and pleasure in a spontaneous and informal atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Composed of faculty, students, and staff, the steering committee will be chaired by Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and expert on American urban history and the built environment, and Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Graduate School of Design and professor of architecture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cThe architecture of our buildings, the spaces inside, among, and around them, and the pathways between them shape who we are as a university. At Harvard, we are careful to preserve the best of the past, but we shouldn\u2019t be afraid to adapt our historic spaces and traditions to changes in who we are and how we engage with each other,\u201d said Faust in announcing the project. \u201cThis committee will lead an effort to create new spaces that will draw our increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary community together and enhance the intellectual, social, and cultural life that is at the core of the Harvard experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">&#8220;I am very pleased to work with President Faust and Dean Mostafavi on this project to enhance our student and community life,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cCambridge provides a vibrant and historic setting for Harvard. I am looking forward to exploring ways to complement that vitality with new venues for activity and interaction on our Cambridge campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cThe Harvard campus has always been an evolving site, responding, at each stage of its history, to the intellectual and social needs of its community,\u201d added Mostafavi. \u201cWe have the opportunity to systematically reconsider parts of our campus and create places that not only respond to our current needs but also anticipate our future possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Studies and student surveys over many years have pointed to the need for additional spaces for cultural, recreational, and social activities for the Harvard community. The work of this committee will build on recent campus community and student life improvements that have included the creation of both the Lamont Caf\u00e9, an alternative study space that fosters group work in a relaxed setting, and the Cambridge Queen\u2019s Head Pub in Loker Commons, which is intended to augment the College&#8217;s House-based social life with a comfortable common venue for meeting and socializing. The enhancements will also provide much-needed gathering spaces for students and faculty from Harvard\u2019s graduate and professional schools, and will provide staff and members of the larger community with places to gather at the heart of the campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cThis new initiative will complement the residential House system that is such a vital part of the undergraduate experience at Harvard,\u201d said Evelynn Hammonds, newly appointed dean of Harvard College and steering committee member. \u201cImagine places where classroom conversations and debates are continued informally, places where serendipity leads to discovery. This kind of community interaction holds great promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">The steering committee will work collaboratively with the University Planning Office (UPO) on this project. UPO is working on a preliminary review of the Cambridge campus to identify potential areas that can benefit from physical and programmatic improvements. The project sets the stage for the University to enliven its spaces, which can add to the vibrancy of Harvard Square and complement the many attractive public improvements recently completed by the city of Cambridge and the Harvard Square Business Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cWe are looking at locations around and near Harvard Yard that are natural anchors for campus activities but that we don\u2019t now take full advantage of,\u201d said Tanya Iatridis, director of the University Planning Office and project director. \u201cTogether we have an incredible opportunity to explore ways to inject life into these spaces so that they better meet the needs of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">The steering committee will oversee an outreach effort, which will include the creation of focus groups and other mechanisms for seeking input from students and the broader University community, to help define the kinds of activities and programs appropriate for the new spaces. The committee will include two undergraduate and two graduate students who will be selected in consultation with the Undergraduate Council and the Graduate Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">The steering committee welcomes suggestions, and encourages members of the Harvard community to send ideas to\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration:underline;color:#990000;\" href=\"mailto:commonspaces@harvard.edu\">commonspaces@harvard.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University President Drew Faust today announced the formation of a University-wide steering committee to explore ways to enhance Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus to ensure that the physical environment better supports the intellectual and social vitality of the University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105622744,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"gz_ga_pageviews":0,"gz_ga_lastupdated":"","document_color_palette":null,"author":"","affiliation":"","_category_override":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1364],"tags":[6975,8922,2383,34938],"gazette-formats":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-13398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-campus","tag-community","tag-drew-faust","tag-university-planning-office"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Faust announces committee to enhance spaces on Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus &#8212; 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The committee, working with the University Planning Office (UPO), will guide the planning and development of a series of improvements to areas on Harvard\u2019s Cambridge campus that will draw people together for work and pleasure in a spontaneous and informal atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Composed of faculty, students, and staff, the steering committee will be chaired by Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and expert on American urban history and the built environment, and Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Graduate School of Design and professor of architecture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cThe architecture of our buildings, the spaces inside, among, and around them, and the pathways between them shape who we are as a university. At Harvard, we are careful to preserve the best of the past, but we shouldn\u2019t be afraid to adapt our historic spaces and traditions to changes in who we are and how we engage with each other,\u201d said Faust in announcing the project. \u201cThis committee will lead an effort to create new spaces that will draw our increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary community together and enhance the intellectual, social, and cultural life that is at the core of the Harvard experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\"I am very pleased to work with President Faust and Dean Mostafavi on this project to enhance our student and community life,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cCambridge provides a vibrant and historic setting for Harvard. I am looking forward to exploring ways to complement that vitality with new venues for activity and interaction on our Cambridge campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cThe Harvard campus has always been an evolving site, responding, at each stage of its history, to the intellectual and social needs of its community,\u201d added Mostafavi. \u201cWe have the opportunity to systematically reconsider parts of our campus and create places that not only respond to our current needs but also anticipate our future possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Studies and student surveys over many years have pointed to the need for additional spaces for cultural, recreational, and social activities for the Harvard community. The work of this committee will build on recent campus community and student life improvements that have included the creation of both the Lamont Caf\u00e9, an alternative study space that fosters group work in a relaxed setting, and the Cambridge Queen\u2019s Head Pub in Loker Commons, which is intended to augment the College's House-based social life with a comfortable common venue for meeting and socializing. The enhancements will also provide much-needed gathering spaces for students and faculty from Harvard\u2019s graduate and professional schools, and will provide staff and members of the larger community with places to gather at the heart of the campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cThis new initiative will complement the residential House system that is such a vital part of the undergraduate experience at Harvard,\u201d said Evelynn Hammonds, newly appointed dean of Harvard College and steering committee member. \u201cImagine places where classroom conversations and debates are continued informally, places where serendipity leads to discovery. This kind of community interaction holds great promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">The steering committee will work collaboratively with the University Planning Office (UPO) on this project. UPO is working on a preliminary review of the Cambridge campus to identify potential areas that can benefit from physical and programmatic improvements. 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