Kresge Auditorium , USA

Architect : Eero Saarinen

Associate Architect : Anderson & Beckwith
Structural Engineer : Ammann & Whitney
Acoustic Engineer : Bolt, Beranek & Newman
Construction Company : George A. Fuller Company
Designed in : 1950
Built in : 1953-1955
Height : 15.24m
Span : 34.50m
Floors : 3
Built-up Area : 2023.4m²
Location : Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Introduction

In 1950, Saarinen began designing the Kresge Auditorium and Kresge Chapel of

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, choosing to do basic forms, one-eighth of a
sphere for the audience and a cylinder for the chapel.
Spaces
The Auditorium houses a small theater
with capacity to 204 seated spectators, the
concert hall and rehearsal rooms. Access,
on the ground floor, opens onto an
elongated hall, an intermediate zone
between the lowest small theater level and
the highest auditorium level. Also on the
ground floor are a rehearsal room, a living
room, locker rooms, a wardrobe and a
small shop.
The largest room has a maximum capacity
of 1,226 people, but when the stage
extends over the section of seats, there are
only 1,144 available. It is used for
concerts, lectures, conferences, plays and
other important events. The acoustics of
the main room Saarinen worked with the
Bolt, Beranek and Newman architects who
resorted to enhance the sound hanging
“clouds” to absorb the direct sound on
stage, rather than the traditional plaster
ceiling. These clouds also contained lights,
speakers and ventilation. The walls are
lined with natural wood.
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