“To understand how design can solve critical problems, we needed a place where we can incubate innovations for the built environment. The Metropolitan Storage Warehouse is on track to become a hub for design at MIT and in the world.”
The Met Warehouse has long been a familiar presence to the MIT and Cambridge communities.
An innovative renovation project is converting the Met Warehouse into a modern hub for interdisciplinary design research and education and a new home for the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.
In the renovated Met Warehouse, old and new elements of the iconic structure form a symbiotic relationship.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
The modern, light-filled lobby will welcome visitors and set the tone for the building.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
The spacious auditorium connected to the main lobby will be available to the MIT community for convening and programming.
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Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
The Building 3 mixer space features a double-height design space surrounded by classrooms and meeting rooms.
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Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Open-floor design studios are contemporary and brightly lit.
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Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
New window openings will add natural light and a view to Vassar Street.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
The MIT Morningside Academy for Design will have studios, collaborative classrooms, and exhibition areas in the new Met Warehouse.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro.