Past HAUS TOURS

Harvard Art Museums’ Somerville Research Facility

  • Bank and Max feel the banded armrests of the Basculant Chair

  • 1929 Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe with original upholstery

  • Silas captures a photo of the 1972 Wiggle Chair by Frank Gehry

  • Emily sits in a Knoll manufactured Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer

  • Harry looks back at the 1930 Basculant Armchair by Le Corbusier et al.

  • Curatorial Fellow Clemens Ottenhausen lifts the Maison du Bresil stool

Harvard HouseZero by Snohetta

  • Residents admire the solar chimney which pulls air from the basement

  • Faceted stairwell spirals up all floors with hexagonal panels

  • 285 sensors embedded within the building collect 17 million daily data points

  • Sachi and Leo appreciate the exposed timber framing

  • Window treatments are custom shaped to allow maximum daylight

  • The building has 100% daylight autonomy (no daytime electric light)

  • Thermal energy is stored and slowly released throughout each day