Nano building cost $350 million.
"Twenty years ago, 75 people worked in nanotech at MIT. The new building will accommodate 2,000 researchers. It will be the most occupied, most used space on campus."
http://www.wbur.org/2014/08/05/mit-nanotechnology-facility
This building a resurrection of the historic name of Building 12 [and built on the existing footprint] -- will be known as MIT.nano
http://capitalprojects.mit.edu/projects/mitnano-building-12
Surely it deserves its own thread, as it will be one of the most interesting construction projects in the US for the next few years:
PROJECT TEAM
Architect: Wilson Architects, Boston, MA
Construction manager: Turner Construction, Boston, MA
SCOPE
200,000 gsf
DESIGN FEATURES
A 200,000 square-foot facility that more than doubles MIT’s shared fabrication and imaging capabilities
Two floors of high-performance cleanrooms optimized for energy efficiency, safety, and future flexibility
Spaces for prototyping and packaging synthesis, imaging and microscopy, materials and thin film growth, and numerical design
The most environmentally quiet space on campus, a basement level optimized to meet the most stringent nanoscale imaging requirements for low-vibration and low electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Meeting spaces for collaboration and conversation, as well as offices for research staff
New undergraduate chemistry teaching laboratories, to support the hands-on experimentation that is critical to training future leaders in science and engineering
A new outdoor courtyard nestled between MIT.nano and the main group, providing an informal setting for the MIT community to congregate and collaborate
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENTS
Creatively designed air filtering systems will maintain cleanroom standards while providing sustainable benefits. A few features include:
Heat recovery on building exhaust
Variable frequency drives on motors that save energy by powering devices up or down based on needs in the space
Lowest pressure drop ductwork and filters
Rightsized exhaust devices that minimize the amount of exhaust needed to maintain the cleanroom air purity and filtrati
Demolition of the existing Building 12 is targeted for early 2015.
Construction is scheduled to begin late-2015
Building occupancy will commence in 2018.
All to be shoehorned into a very tight, very busy work space -- necessitating novel design and construction process