Harvard Business School

Chao Center

Cambridge, MA | 2016

In order to create a unique and timeless look for a new educational facility at Harvard Business School, the design team turned to the expert craftsmen at Thos. Moser Contract. As creators of American hardwood fine furniture, they handcrafted a collection of inviting, richly detailed and design forward pieces

Pictured: Custom Harpswell Chair

Project Details

Project Specifier

Mary-Ann Agresti, AIA Architect
Goody Clancy
Harvard Business School

Products Used

Custom Harpswell Chair
Custom Table with marmoleum inset and drum-base
Custom Table at 72”x24” with work surface
Custom Bench with 70” long curved and upholstered seat
Custom Reception Desk at 48”x18” with work surface
Custom long-span Table with aluminum honeycomb sub straight

Customization

Seating design modifications to fit customer spaces
Table dimensions to fit customer spaces
Marmoleum material use as specified on custom designed base
Product with power and AV integration and storage management

An Evolving Design Process

Upon a site visit to the recently redesigned Thos. Moser showroom in Boston, MA, the design team saw a variety of classic and contemporary pieces that showcased the brand’s unique aesthetic and dedication to quality materials, craftsmanship and tradition – something that blended well with Harvard’s mission and identity as a university.

The design team worked with Thos. Moser Contract to alter a popular design, the Harpswell Chair, which would eventually be used throughout the space. The chair is an iconic Thos. Moser design that has been used in a number of high-profile projects around country. Pope Benedict XVI even sat in one during the official White House welcoming ceremony marking his April, 2008 visit to the United States.

Pictured: Custom Bench with 70” long curved and upholstered seat

Advancing Institutional Design

Custom Thos. Moser furniture creates a uniquely Harvard design aesthetic at the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center for Executive Education.

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