Course Description
This studio will investigate the social, programmatic, tectonic and phenomenological performance and character of a student gathering place on the MIT campus. Whether it is simply for socializing or for more specific events, the student gathering place will serve as a refuge from the vigorous educational environment of …
This studio will investigate the social, programmatic, tectonic and phenomenological performance and character of a student gathering place on the MIT campus. Whether it is simply for socializing or for more specific events, the student gathering place will serve as a refuge from the vigorous educational environment of the Institute, and it will reinforce a critical sense of “place” through the almost logical organization of its program. The place will foster a casual discovery of “being”: a reflection upon the student’s own existence based upon participation in group events and an intellectual attitude toward acting. To create a space that inspires, rather than imposes: such a discovery is the foremost challenge of this studio.
Course Info
Instructor
Departments
Learning Resource Types
collections
Image Gallery
group_work
Projects with Examples
assignment
Design Assignments
![Materials.](/courses/4-155b-architectural-design-level-iii-a-student-center-for-mit-fall-2004/64e33b3dbccd64a9738f6b5cde86c097_4-155bf04.jpg)
Four images representing the different stages of the studio: installation, tectonic model, analytical model, and final model. (Image courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)