General Information
| Name in local language: | Building W16 |
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| Completion: | 1955 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Thin shell |
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| Function / usage: |
Lecture hall |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
Location
| Location: |
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Part of: | |
| Location description: |
MIT Campus |
| Coordinates: | 42° 21' 29.26" N 71° 5' 42.15" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| span | 49 m | |
| seats | 1238 + 200 |
Materials
| shell |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 254-255.
- (1956): L'auditorium et la chapelle de L'institut de Technologie du Massachusetts à Cambridge (U.S.A.). In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 32, n. 9-10 (September 1956), pp. 269-278.
- (2016): The Kresge Auditorium: Conserving structurally expressive modern concrete buildings. Presented at: Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC) 2016, Leuven, Belgium, 13-15 September 2016.
- (2009): Saarinen. Taschen, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-8365-1330-2, pp. 37-41.
- (2015): Thin Concrete Shells At Mit: Kresge Auditorium And The 1954 Conference. Presented at: Fifth International Construction History Congress, Chicago, 06/2015, pp. 127-136.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000138 - Published on:
16/04/1999 - Last updated on:
02/03/2022
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