MIT i² : idea incubator
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910668847-MIT.pdf
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Author(s)
Lee, Suk, M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor(s)
Antón García-Abril.
Alternative Title
MIT i2
Idea incubator
Date Issued
2015
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis propose a flexible public space for both the MIT community and the city of Boston in response to the unknown future of the university campus, questioned by the rapid growth of online learning. Despite the various opinions on the future campus, the value of physical social interaction remains the primary method of incubating ideas. MIT i2 is an architectural solution to this issue, and is situated on the Charles River along the Harvard Bridge, the point of greatest pedestrian activity compared to the other parts of the waterfront. This project ultimately changes the Charles River from a barrier to a new urban destination where various social and intellectual activities can occur. Two radical interventions address completely different relationships with the water: spaces above and below the water. These typologies create different spatial experiences for different programs, but remain flexible for the unknown.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2015.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 103).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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