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Designed by architect Steven Holl, it is 382 feet long and 10 stories tall, housing 350 undergraduates, faculty housemasters, visiting scholars, and graduate assistants. The structure is concrete block perforated with approximately 5,500 square windows each measuring two feet (0.60 meters) on a side, and additional larger and irregularly-shaped windows. An 18" (0.46 meters) wall depth supposedly provides shade in summer while allowing the winter sun to help heat the building. Unfortunately, the efficacy of such a design is yet to be proven and temperature problems plague parts of the building throughout the year. Internal design consists of one- and two-person rooms--some in suite-like settings with semi-private bathrooms--and lounges with and without kitchens, roughly arranged into three towers (the "A", "B", and "C" towers). Simmons Hall is one of the four dormitories that have dining halls; the dining facility is open Sunday through Thursday evenings to members of the MIT community. If you want to visit the building you have to contact them to set up an appointment - Photograph by architectook
Designed by architect Steven Holl, it is 382 feet long and 10 stories tall, housing 350 undergraduates, faculty housemasters, visiting scholars, and graduate assistants. The structure is concrete block perforated with approximately 5,500 square windows each measuring two feet (0.60 meters) on a side, and additional larger and irregularly-shaped windows. An 18" (0.46 meters) wall depth supposedly provides shade in summer while allowing the winter sun to help heat the building. Unfortunately, the efficacy of such a design is yet to be proven and temperature problems plague parts of the building throughout the year. Internal design consists of one- and two-person rooms--some in suite-like settings with semi-private bathrooms--and lounges with and without kitchens, roughly arranged into three towers (the "A", "B", and "C" towers). Simmons Hall is one of the four dormitories that have dining halls; the dining facility is open Sunday through Thursday evenings to members of the MIT community. If you want to visit the building you have to contact them to set up an appointment - Photograph by architectook
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