It will also enhance the sense of community in the building. This makes possible long and often surprising vistas through the building -horizontally, vertically, and diagonally - that will serve to make the research work highly visible. The building’s several double-height, glass-enclosed research laboratories - home to research groups such as Camera Culture, Lifelong Kindergarten and Tangible Media - are vertically offset from one another. “The openness and transparency of this incredible new building will support the Lab’s unique style of research and allow us to take on the major challenges that confront the world in the 21st century, such as human health, education and sustainable cities."
“The magic of the Media Lab is its ability to bring together researchers from an eclectic range of disciplines - engineers, computer scientists, artists, musicians, and others - who work together collaboratively to invent technologies that improve people's lives and transform society,” says Frank Moss, Director of the Media Lab. Lecture halls and other public gathering spaces occupy the upper floors and serve to draw visitors up through the building. Laboratories and workspaces are arranged around light-filled central atria, with spectacular views of the Charles River and the Boston skyline to the south. The new six-story complex features an open, flexible, atelier-style layout designed to support the unique cross-disciplinary research style of the Media Lab and other academic units that will occupy the building. "This magnificent new facility unites researchers from across our campus in advancing technologies that amplify the human experience."
"In the best MIT tradition of inventing the future, the new Media Lab Complex expands a legendary workshop where creativity and innovation continually transform the intersection of people and machines," said MIT President Susan Hockfield. Together, the two landmark buildings - connected on several floors - will create an exceptional environment for research, creativity, and discovery. Located on the corner of Amherst and Ames Streets in the heart of the MIT campus, the six-story, 163,000-square-foot building is adjacent to and carefully integrated into the existing home of the Media Lab, known as the Wiesner Building, designed by MIT alumnus I.M. The building marks a new era of innovation for the world-renowned Media Lab and for a range of art, design, and technology-related programs in the School of Architecture + Planning, of which the Media Lab is a part. On Friday, March 5, MIT officially opens the Media Lab Complex, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki and Associates in association with Leers Weinzapfel Associates.
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