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Title
Simmons Hall
Artist
Julie Niemela
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Simmons Hall (2002)
After the alcohol-related death of an MIT freshman living in an off-campus fraternity in 1998, the MIT administration settled the resulting lawsuit under the stipulation that all freshmen be required to live on campus. This resulted in a need for beds for 300 freshmen who previously would have lived off-campus. Steven Holl and Associates were chosen to lead the design for a new dormitory in 1999. Simmons Hall has been nicknamed "The Sponge", because the architect consciously modeled the shape and internal structure on a sea sponge. The building has 350 student rooms, 5,538 2-foot square windows, and is constructed of 291 customized precast, steel-reinforced Perfcon panels.
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