Peter G. Kuttner

President

Cambridge Seven Associates

Peter Kuttner is the President of Cambridge Seven Associates, a 60-person architecture, planning, and exhibit design firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As President, Peter synthesizes the strong leadership roles of design and management of a wide range of complex building and planning projects. He combines strength in problem solving with a fundamental commitment to the user’s experience. He is interested in all learning styles, from informal learning and interactive experience in museums and aquariums, to more formal learning settings for schools such as Harvard, MIT, Brown, Carleton, Bowdoin, University of Massachusetts, University of Maine, and University of Cincinnati. Peter’s experience covers a wide range of planning, architectural and exhibit design, with particular focus on complex educational building types accommodating a variety of activities, and an emphasis on new interactive digital and visual technology. A frequent speaker and widely published author, Peter earned his Masters and undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan.
Informal Learning in an Emersive Educational Environment
The learning environment must be seen as a product that needs to be developed. This development includes recognizing a need, understanding the need, proposing solutions to meet the need, introducing the product into service, and measuring the outcomes. Facility design must incorporate this product development and the MIT Learning Lab for Complex Systems provides an excellent example of this. In addition, the MIT Learning Lab boasts unique features such as specialty shop fabrication areas, integrated specialty spaces, and large-scale project areas.