Editing Harvard Science Center (section)

=== Construction ===
Harvard commissioned architects [[Sert, Jackson and Associates]] to design and build the facility. [[Josep Lluis Sert]], who had become Dean of the Harvard School of Design in 1953, had designed a number of other Harvard buildings, including [[Peabody Terrace]], Holyoke Center (now the [[Smith Campus Center]]), and the Harvard Divinity School's [[Center for the Study of World Religions]]. These buildings were part of a modernist movement that sought to break away from the Georgian and related styles used at Harvard for hundreds of years. Thus, the Science Center is largely steel and concrete, with abundant natural light.<ref name="ny"/><ref name = "letsnot"/> Construction lasted from 1970 to 1972.<ref name = "letsnot"/>

From 2001 to 2004 a $22&nbsp;million, {{convert|32,000|sqft|adj=on}} renovation created space for the [[Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments]] and expanded other facilities.<ref name=mag/><ref name=renov1>{{cite web|last1=Vascellaro|first1=Jessica|title=Science Center to Undergo Renovation|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/10/23/science-center-to-undergo-renovation-construction/|website=The Harvard Crimson|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=renov2>{{cite web|last1=Meisel|first1=Matthew|title=Science Center Work Nears Finish|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/4/13/science-center-work-nears-finish-after/?page=1|website=The Harvard Crimson|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> A room-sized historic [[electromechanical computer]] built in 1944, the [[Harvard Mark I]], was displayed on the ground floor next to the central stairwell in the main lobby of the building (it has since been moved to the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in Allston, Massachusetts).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Alvin |title=Harvard’s Mark 1 finds its new home |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/07/harvards-mark-1-finds-its-new-home/ |website=Harvard Gazette |access-date=2023-08-17 |date=23 July 2021}}</ref>