Friday, November 11, 2005

MIT


The new Stata center on the MIT campus, designed by famed architect Frank Gehry (apparently he is famous for his inability to draw right angles). When Liam saw this building, he said "building broken. Has boo-boo. Sad." Well put, my son.

One of the lecture halls inside the Stata center. This one has sloping walls covered with boards that are full of regularly spaced holes, like peg-board. The effect is rather nauseating, and the school had to cover the lower portion with white boards so the students wouldn't fall over in their chairs. Neat idea though.

The "Infinite Corridor." This hallway is 1/4 mile long and is chock full of brilliant people learning about complicated things.

The Stata Center has many chalkboards in the halls, most of which are covered with incomprehensible (to me) mathematical and scientific notations.

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B said...

Great comment by Liam on that really ugly building. I see a future planner in the works.