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Simmons Hall & Steven Holl - MIT Campus
Simmons Hall & Steven Holl - MIT Campus
MIT Campus
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Instead of a brick urban wall, we envision...a porous membrane
made up of four or five individual building. - Steven Holl1
Nathan Steeber
Background Information
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Background Information
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12
18
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22
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18
24
14
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EIGHTH FLOOR
20
17
14
19
12
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14
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21
SEVENTH FLOOR
19
12
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18
18
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13
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14
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SIXTH FLOOR
26
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26
12
12
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12
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THIRD FLOOR
12
29
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30
19
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28
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27
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25
12
14
SECOND FLOOR
Floor Plans
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7
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GROUND FLOOR
1
6
N 0
20 FT.
6 M.
210
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Structure
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Structure
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Structure
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Structure
Works Cited
(1) Amelar, Sarah. Simmons Hall. Architectural Record May 2003: 204-215.
(2) Astbury, Julian, Leroy Le-Lacheur, and Mark Walsh-Cooke. Simmons Hall, MIT. The ARUP Journal Febuary
2003: 42-46. 29 April 2007. < http://alumni.imsa.edu/~falcon12/arup_simmons.pdf>.
(3) Baker, Alison, William Fowler, Alexander French, Rusmin Soetjipto, and Elizabeth Wayman. Alternative
Structural Systems for Simmons Hall. Fall 2003 Massachusettes Institute of Technology. 5 June 2007 < http://
www.wilrf.us/pdf/work/simmons/simmons.htm>.
(4) Guy Nordenson and Associations. Structural Engineers LLP. 29 April 2007 < http://www.nordenson.com/
project.php?id=16&l=name&offset=1&loffset=1>.
(5) M.I.T. Simmons Hall. Steven Holl Architects. 29 April 2007 < http://www.stevenholl.com/PT173_5CR.
htm>.
(6) Offering a Wide Range of Plumbing and HVAC Services. NB Kenney Mechanical Contractors. 29 April 2007
< http://www.nbkenney.com/portfolio.html>.
(7) Simmons Hall. Architectook. Ed. AM Putra. 24 May 2007. 5 June 2007 < http://architectook.net/simmons-hall>.
(8) Steeber, Nathan. Photographs. Taken Fall 2007.
(9) Steven Holl: Simmons Hall at the MIT. 2000-2007. Designboom. 29 April 2007 < http://www.designboom.com/portrait/holl_simmonshall.html>.
(10) Truss. April 2007. Wikipedia. 29 April 2007 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss#Vierendeel_truss>