The Cooper Gallery
Cambridge, MA
Service:
Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design
Market:
Cultural
Completion
2014
Awards
2016 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award, Best Project $1 million - $5 million, Structural Engineers Association of Illinois

Photo by Dean Kaufman


Designed by David Adjaye, The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center repurposes an existing commercial space as a new gallery. The front elevation features a series of vertical wood planks influenced by the forests in Ghana, where the designer’s family is from. SGH was the structural engineer, developed and physically-tested a custom timber moment-resisting connection, and consulted on the building enclosure.