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...Going forward, we hope that the student-faculty committee guiding the project focuses on changes to the layout of bedrooms, structural updates, and social spaces. Existing undergraduate rooms were designed to house fewer students than they do, and are in dire need of being reorganized to eliminate walk-throughs, crowded doubles, and cramped common rooms. In conjunction with the College’s decision to re-open Mass. Hall to freshmen, restructuring the Houses will hopefully help to alleviate the housing crunch that precipitated the University’s profoundly unpopular decision to abruptly end transfer admissions for the next...
...Moreover, the house renovation project presents an opportunity to address the College’s noted lack of social space by foregoing the traditional but cumbersome vertical entryways in favor of the more social horizontal hallways, and by revamping communal spaces in house basements and common spaces to include kitchens, gyms, as well as other recreational facilities. In concert, these changes should help cultivate the vibrant House communities that Harvard purports to offer its undergraduates...
...same way that the eventual house renovations will need to meet the concerns of students and the city of Cambridge, Harvard’s other, longer term development project across the river in Allston is faced with the sometimes exorbitant demands of the city planning bureaucracy and the broader Allston community. No matter how excessive the demands of Allston residents may seem, however, Harvard should always err on the side of generosity, not only to preserve the best possible relationship with the Allston community, but because, as the world’s richest university, we can afford to undertake...
...University led by President Drew G. Faust has been extremely receptive to the community’s needs and desires. In a land-swap deal with the owners of the Charlesview apartments, a low-income housing complex that sits on a plot of land central to the development project, Harvard has demonstrated that it had come full circle in its dealing with Allston residents—as part of the deal, Harvard agreed to erect highly subsidized replacement housing units nearby...
...Another important consideration in the early stages of the Allston project has been Harvard’s emphasis on sustainability. Although Harvard’s commitment to reducing its environmental impact reaches back several years, its most progressive measure by far came this past October in an agreement on environmental standards, in which Harvard pledged to abide by a strict cap on greenhouse gas emissions at 50 percent below the national standards. We are hopeful that this agreement will serve as the standard for future Harvard projects, as well as set a standard for other institutions of higher learning...