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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalopened 2002 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorHoll, Stevenen_US
dc.date2002en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T20:26:39Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T20:26:39Z
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.identifier240520en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2737en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/147396
dc.descriptionInterior, organically shaped concrete staircase in lobby area; 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. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/14/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumreinforced concrete block; glass; steelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectSustainable buildingsen_US
dc.subjectpassive solaren_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleSimmons Hallen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-HST-SH-A46en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypedormitory (building)en_US
dc.contributor.displaySteven Holl (American architect, born 1947)en_US


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