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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Baker House Dormitory
Work_PrefTitle
Baker House Dormitory
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Alternate Title:
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Baker House
Work_AltTitle
Baker House
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Image View:
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Interior, lounge (dining hall) wing, upper level, overlooking Charles River
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Interior, lounge (dining hall) wing, upper level, overlooking Charles River
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Creator:
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Alvar Aalto (Finnish architect, 1898-1976)
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Alvar Aalto (Finnish architect, 1898-1976)
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Location:
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site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
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site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Location
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Location Note:
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362 Memorial Drive
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362 Memorial Drive
Location Note
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GPS:
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42.356712-71.095675
GPS
42.356712-71.095675
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Date:
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1947-1949 (creation)
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1947-1949 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Twentieth century
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Modernist; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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dormitory (building)
Work_Worktype1
dormitory (building)
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
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Material:
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brick; concrete; limestone
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brick; concrete; limestone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
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Description:
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In 1946 Aalto resumed his teaching at MIT but confined his stays there to three or four months in a year. His most important contribution there was the building of Baker House Dormitory (1947-1949). This building of red tiles, with its huge serpentine façade facing the river and steps rising in cascade form on the inner frontage, is the realization of Aalto's dream of flexible standardization, based on nature's principle of individualization: all 260 of the students' rooms with a view over the Charles River have different shapes (some wedge-shaped) and therefore varied interior fixtures and (built-in) furniture (also designed by Aalto). (The dormitory houses 318 undergraduates in single, double, triple and quadruple rooms.) It has been renovated, most recently by Perry Dean Rogers Architects, modernizing the plumbing, telecommunications, and electrical systems and removing some of the interior changes made over the years that were not in Aalto's original design. The building is now wheelchair accessible. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart. com/)
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In 1946 Aalto resumed his teaching at MIT but confined his stays there to three or four months in a year. His most important contribution there was the building of Baker House Dormitory (1947-1949). This building of red tiles, with its huge serpentine façade facing the river and steps rising in cascade form on the inner frontage, is the realization of Aalto's dream of flexible standardization, based on nature's principle of individualization: all 260 of the students' rooms with a view over the Charles River have different shapes (some wedge-shaped) and therefore varied interior fixtures and (built-in) furniture (also designed by Aalto). (The dormitory houses 318 undergraduates in single, double, triple and quadruple rooms.) It has been renovated, most recently by Perry Dean Rogers Architects, modernizing the plumbing, telecommunications, and electrical systems and removing some of the interior changes made over the years that were not in Aalto's original design. The building is now wheelchair accessible. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart. com/)
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Image Description:
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Structural columns are covered in plaster on the lower floor and as they rise up towards the second level, timber cladding allows them to form a relationship with the trees.
Image_Description
Structural columns are covered in plaster on the lower floor and as they rise up towards the second level, timber cladding allows them to form a relationship with the trees.
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Eight
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Archivision Addition Module Eight
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Identifier:
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1A1-AA-BH-E16
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-AA-BH-E16
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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