Mit Chapel Roof

A plan for renewal during the renewal the chapel s stained glass walls will be repaired restored and protected.

Mit chapel roof.

Enhancement of life and learning completion. The kresge auditorium has a leaf like domed roof that is exactly one eighth of a sphere covering a large auditorium and a small theatre. Mit chapel renovation building w15 48 massachusetts ave cambridge ma. Designed in tandem with the grassy oval and the spherical kresge auditorium saarinen s chapel creates a small closed cylindrical form in the midst of its domed and rectilinear neighbors on the mit campus.

The chapel is kept dim during the day thus the skylight combined with the reflective sculpture provide adequate light for visitors to use the space for worship. Its spire and bell tower will be removed temporarily to allow the roof to be replaced. Renovation and renewal enhancement of life and learning. Saarinen chose bricks that were rough and imperfect to create a textured effect.

The building was named for its principal funder sebastian s. The exterior form modified in recent decades by causeway like ramps moderating the. The brick is supported by a series of low arches. Glass curtain walls run along the two sides of the.

Stands the mit chapel designed by eero saarinen. Exterior work will include brick repair and repointing and the rebuilding of the central skylight. Kresge auditorium mit building w16 is an auditorium structure at the massachusetts institute of technology located at 48 massachusetts avenue cambridge massachusetts it was designed by the finnish american architect eero saarinen with ground breaking in 1953 and dedication in 1955. Target 2022 currently in early stages the new music building will relocate mit s music program to the dynamic and evolving west campus area and consolidate many of its activities under a single roof.

But you don t know you can trust to do quality work in a timely manner at a fair price. Kresge founder of s. The mit chapel was designed by famed architect eero saarinen and dedicated in may 1955 alongside saarinen s kresge auditorium. The cylindrical building s unique and graceful design was intended to meet the needs of all faiths and continues to serve as a place of worship for a diverse mit community.

It is 50 feet 15 m in diameter and 30 feet 9 1 m high and topped by an aluminum spire. From the outside the chapel is a simple windowless brick cylinder set inside a very shallow concrete moat. The skylight over the altar space composes approximately 1 10th of the surface of the roof floor plan of the worship space.