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Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences: a sustainable relocation project for MovePlan

Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts, is a 19-storey building designed by KPMB Architects and is the most environmentally friendly building in the city.

While its exterior design has generated many of the headlines, it is its environmental credentials which will see it lead the way in building sustainability. At 350,000 square feet, it is the largest carbon-neutral building in Boston, free of fossil fuels, and relying on geothermal wells for heating and cooling. External shading and triple-glazed glass windows minimise energy consumption and the building’s electricity is matched with renewable energy generated from BU Wind, a power purchase agreement with a wind farm in South Dakota.

Relocating four faculties into one new building

MovePlan was the University’s move partner, chosen to relocate a number of disparate departments into one new building: the Faculty of Computing & Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, and the Hariri Institute. With the new building seeking to place collaboration at the heart of its design, several aspects, such as whiteboard walls to encourage ideation, small gathering spaces to encourage conversations and a central atrium running the entire length of the building featuring platforms intended for group working, meant that many ways of working had to be revised.

The evolving workplace was the topic of a roundtable event held by MovePlan’s Canadian Project Director, Michelle Brown. 

Those in attendance heard from our guest speaker, Brian Aman, a Senior Partner with Rogers Communications. He shared how we have an opportunity to evolve the workplace post-pandemic, including how and where work is done.

MovePlan has recently opened an office to support our clients in Seattle. We were keen to host a networking roundtable event to learn more about the local market and make meaningful connections.

We are delighted to announce that MovePlan is opening a new hub in Seattle.

The future of the workplace was explored at the latest WORKTECH22 event held in Singapore this month, where MovePlan’s Stephen Fountain spoke about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Stephen, Senior Project Director at MovePlan, was one of more than 20 speakers at the event which provided a forum for all those involved in the future of work and the workplace as well as real estate, technology and innovation.