Project # 10071.CP
VERTEX/Compass served as the Owner’s Project Manager for the new Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences Project. This project began in 2019 and was completed in 2023.The Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences is truly a unique project for its Net Zero technologies including 31 geothermal wells and USGBC LEED Platinum rating, just to name a few.
The building is the first major teaching center built on the Charles River Campus in over 50 years.
Project: Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences Building
Address: 645 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA
Square Footage: 350,000
Type of Project: New Construction
Designer: KPMB Architects
Contractor/CM: Suffolk Construction
Actual/Estimated Date of Completion: 2023
Project Cost: $288M
This 19-story, nearly 350,000 square foot building, is the tallest building on campus at 297 feet high. Designed by the Toronto architectural firm KPMB Architects, the building’s iconic form resembling a stack of books will feature a series of terraced platforms, intended for small-group interactions and green technologies to advance BU’s Climate Action Plan and to account for the risks posed by increases in sea level and climate change.
A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline – 8/12/23 Citylab Design (bloomberg.com)
This project received LEED AP PLATINUM status in June, 2023.
2023 EBC Awards for Climate Change Project of the Year
A time-lapse camera recording the construction. Photo by Cydney Scott.
Structure Magazine – June 2022 – “Highlight on Sustainability”
Bloomberg – April 26, 2022 – “3 Wild New Buildings Give Boston an Architectural Jolt”
Boston Globe – March 27, 2022 “BU’s Jenga Building’ is Coming together above the Charles River”
GlobeSt.com – Construction Begins on BU’s Building Designed as a ‘Stack of Books’
BU Today – September 22, 2022 – In Progress: Data Sciences Building
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Rendering images courtesy of KPMB Architects
This project was originally awarded to Compass which is now part of The Vertex Companies, LLC.
