MIT stata center client :: david lewis, construction manager- 617.592.4799 architect :: gehry partners contractor :: skanska usa role :: project management
create comfortable, functioning space
concise decision making
monitor leed requirements control
David Silverman was the Architectural Project Manager for the Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. He was the liaison between the design team and all members of the MIT community that would occupy, manage, or maintain the facility. David provided architectural programming for the Student Street, a network of public spaces that winds through the ground floor of the building, encouraging social interaction and the exchange of ideas. The space program defined opportunities for the users of the Student Street, which included the MIT Museum, Information Services, Food Services, MIT Libraries, and the students. David worked with all of these user groups to create an operational “map” which illustrated the building’s diverse usage patterns and helped communicate
clearly to the clients how the Stata Center would function. During the early stages of the Stata Center Project, David Silverman, as a member of the project management team, advocated to make the building more environmentally friendly. Several initiatives were undertaken to meet the objectives of a LEED building including a grey water system for flushing water, displacement ventilation via a raised floor system, operable windows, green roofs and a high percentage of recycled demolition debris. The management system developed by David to oversee and monitor the LEED status proved so effective, these standards were soon required for all of MIT’s new construction projects. think beyond :: management