Simmons day
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston, MA.
Glazing Subconsultant:
Cay Architectural Products / Premier Metals
Architect:
Steven Holl and Perry Dean Rogers
and Partners,
Boston, MA.
To meet the changing needs of teaching and research, the Institute added a remarkable array of new facilities designed by distinguished architects. These included Simmons Hall, a ten story undergraduate residence designed by Steven Holl and Perry Dean Rogers and Partners.
Wheaton & Sprague Engineering was hired by the former Cay Architectural Products / Premier Metals to provide engineering, shop drawing and fabrication drawings for the panel system for MIT’s new Simmons Hall.
A model of the pending structure was assembled across the street on land belonging to the Institute as a field reference to contractors.
WSE worked on the panel system backup structure for the perforated panel, and provided engineering for the perforated panels at the front and canopy at the top.
Window Pans and fastened L-shaped panel-faced sheets jutted out from the window. One panel supporting the other made for an integral structure and an interesting engineering prospect.
MIT is a world-class educational institution. teaching and research - with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle - continue to be its primary purpose. This unique building is representative of the caliber of this world class institution.
