Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Frank O. Gehry, whose visionary academic complex was inspired by the building it replaced.
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The goal of the design was to stimulate individual and collective innovation. The 2.8-acre, 713,000 GSF facility includes the William H. Gates Building housing the Laboratory for Computer Science, the Alexander Dreyfoos Building housing the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Laboratory for Information Decision Systems, and the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, a below grade service facility and 2 levels of below grade parking.
In addition to a research laboratory for Computer Science, an Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and a Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, the facility also houses a Child Care Center, Amphitheater, Fitness Center, Student Street and Student Plaza.
Two-story neighborhoods, a serene outdoor terrace and an expansive interior boulevard were designed to promote social and intellectual interaction.
