Mit Baker House Dormitory

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Mit baker house dormitory. Opened in 1949 baker house was the first mit dormitory on west campus and the first with a dining hall. In 1946 aalto resumed his teaching at mit but confined his stays there to three or four months in a year. Alvar aalto created one of the 20th century s great architectural masterworks with his landmark baker house dormitory at mit built in 1947. His most important contribution there was the building of baker house dormitory 1947 1949.

Alvar aalto designed the baker house in 1946 while he was a professor at the massachussets institute of technology where the dormitory is located. The famous finnish architect alvar aalto designed this beautiful dormitory building. Text description provided by the architects. Building w7 362 memorial drive cambridge ma 02139 baker house.

He described the building design as a mix between a ski lodge and a ship. Baker house located at 362 memorial drive is a co ed dormitory at mit designed by the finnish architect alvar aalto in 1947 1948 and built in 1949. Anche noti con il nome baker house sono stati progettati dall architetto finlandese alvar aalto e si trovano all interno di un complesso edilizio a servizio del massachusetts institute of technology a cambridge nel massachusetts negli stati uniti. This building of red tiles with its huge serpentine façade facing the river and steps rising in cascade form on the inner.

The design forms a poetic and purposeful response to the charles river the mit campus and its students charrington 324. Welcome to baker house. Https baker mit edu any baker house questions just send an email to baker rac mit edu or kayla holman kholman mit edu or hannah mahaffey hkm mit edu. When described it is commonly referred to as a social dorm baker house was designed by the famed finnish architect alvar aalto at the time a visiting professor of architecture.

Aalto used the constraints of the river in his favor to express the fluidity of the water and render views to roughly 90 percent of the dormitories. Links and contact information. North side main street entrance with paneled stairway on north wall. I dormitori del m i t.

Its distinctive design has an undulating shape which allows most rooms a view of the charles river and the dining hall features a moon garden roof. The building is famous for an ingenious wave plan that maximizes the number of rooms with southern exposure orienting them at oblique angles to soften the noise from busy memorial drive.