MIT Opens New Learning Labs for Complex Systems

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has new Learning Laboratories for complex systems. Designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, the renovated and expanded 50,000-sf historic Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (Building 33) now provides highly flexible and open space for student/faculty team work on projects of varying size and complexity. The 6,000-sf three-story Hangar supports work on unusually large-sized aerospace assignments and independent student projects. William A. Berry of Danvers, Mass., was the general contractor; Weidlinger Associates of Cambridge, the structural engineer. The building systems engineer was Syska & Hennessey of Cambridge. Quenten Thomas Associates of Douglaston, N.Y., was the lighting consultant.Weidlinger Associates of Cambridge, the structural engineer. The building systems engineer was Syska & Hennessey of Cambridge. Quenten Thomas Associates of Douglaston, N.Y., was the lighting consultant.