This tour will explore how a very large school can be welcoming to students and staff, and, how that school can foster smaller learning communities, encourage meaningful collaboration among staff and students, and increase social-emotional wellness for its users.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s New Inpatient Building is a 10-story, approximately 385,000 gross square foot inpatient building. The project is located on the hospital’s West Campus immediately adjacent to the pre-existing Rosenberg Building. The New Inpatient Building (NIB) contains a new entry lobby, Radiology, Peri-Operative floor, Sterile Processing and Operating Room Storage Area, Inpatient rooms, Conference and other education space. The NIB expands and connects to existing clinical departments in the Rosenberg Building. A new Central Sterile Processing and Operating Room Storage area is located on the Lower Level of the NIB. The inpatient floors, Levels 6 through 10, contain 30 ICU Beds and 128 Med-Surg beds. The top floor of the NIB contains a Conference Center. The building also has a new medical helipad on the roof.

The Foundry is a $45 million dollar renovation of a historic foundry in the Kendall neighborhood that has been devoted to opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Justin Crane, Principal at CambridgeSeven and the PM on the project, will be hosting the tour alongside David Siegel, The Foundry's Maker Space Manager.