Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Simmons Hall (Cambridge, MA) : Cut-out shape in southwest end of the building, housing an outdoor terrace, and larger irregular windows within grid of smaller windows
- Creator:
- Holl, Steven, 1947-
- Published/Created:
- 229 Vassar Street, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
opened 2002 - Physical Description:
- 382 ft (length)
- Date Depicted:
- 6/14/2008
- Materials:
- reinforced concrete block; glass; steel
- Notes:
- At the cost of $78.5 million, it is MIT's most expensive dormitory built on campus since Baker House. Ten stories tall, housing 344 undergraduates, plus faculty housemasters, visiting scholars, and graduate resident tutors (GRTs, MIT's equivalent of an RA). The structure is a massive reinforced concrete block, perforated with approximately 5,500 square windows each measuring two feet (0.60 meters) on a side, plus additional larger and irregularly shaped windows. An 18" (0.46 meters) wall depth is designed to allow the winter sun to help heat the building while providing shade in summer, without air conditioning.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-HST-SH-A10
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
dormitories (buildings) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; dwellings; dormitories (buildings)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/14/2008 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10890608
- PID:
- digcoll:1854842