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September 4th 2006 00:34

The residental students at MIT Simmons Hall dormitory get to live in a pretty cool award winning architectural masterpiece. It is far more aesthetically pleasing compared to the dorms you'll find at a lot of Australian university campus'. The building was designed by Stephen Holl. Holl's intention was to produce a porous structure that would promote free-flowing social activity and energy. The Simmons Hall facade is covered with hundreds of L-shaped metal panels that frame small square windows. From a distance the facarde has the appearance of a permeable membrane.

Not everyone is impressed with the building. According to one father who was accompanying their child on an orientation visit, the building was rather cold and imposing. This father also expressed his confusion in trying to enter the building, referring to the ground level's long stretches of glass and transparent walkways. Though these open areas are easily approachable from the sidewalk and are rather inviting, none of them are entrances into the building. Instead, the main entrance is a small indent with a metal overhang on the corner farthest from the parking lot.

Other students agreed that Simmons looked too cold and sterile to be considered a possible home, and they'd prefer a dorm like the nearby Baker House, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1949. One young woman explained, "...Baker just seems more homey... I know [the interior] of homes aren't usually brick, but it still just feels warmer: like the colors of the wood instead of metal. When I wake up I don't want to feel like I'm in jail or something."

I don't mind the building. I think it would be pretty cool to live in an ultra modern complex. I suppose it all comes down to a matter of taste.

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