Diller Scofidio + Renfro(DS+R) recently announced a design at Boston University thats part of an institutional expansion and goal of achieving carbon neutrality on the Charles River campus by the year 2040.The proposal grants a new home to the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, which was established after a naming donation in 2014. Standing 186 feet and 12 stories, it will be realized as the tallest mass timber structural design in the northeastern United States.Image courtesy of DS+R The choice of a mass timber structural frame for the 70,000-square-foot building reduces its embodied carbon footprint by 87%. This adds to the energy savings offered by combing installed solar screens and a triple-glazed envelope system. DS+R notes that 85% of all its spaces require no perimeter heating or cooling.Image courtesy of DS+R Image courtesy of DS+R Research spaces are arranged in a vertical stack to culminate in double-heighted, revealed "living rooms" that "broadcast" the...