Harvard Science Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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The Harvard Science Center, completed in 1972 and designed by Josep Lluís Sert, exemplifies mid-century modernist architecture within Harvard’s historic campus. Its concrete frame and ribbon-window façade reflect Sert’s functionalist style, emphasizing natural light and open interior spaces for teaching and research. Situated near Harvard Yard, the building houses classrooms, laboratories, and lecture halls serving the university’s science departments. In the photo, students and visitors walk along the adjacent green, with rows of bicycles lined beneath the structure—an everyday scene that captures the energy and rhythm of life in Cambridge’s academic core.
Photo taken in April 2024.
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