Metropolitan Storage Warehouse Redevelopment/Renovation (MIT) | 134 Mass. Ave | Cambridge

[bigpicture7]

7/21: Interestingly, these floating floor plates (in white) are suspended from the roof via cables:

 

[DZH22]

7/28

IMG_0363 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0364 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[BeeLine]

From 8/3

 

[NHMaples]

I'm still trying to figure out those Escheresque windows inside another window.

 

[Charlie_mta]

I'm still trying to figure out those Escheresque windows inside another window.

They're wonderful; very MIT nerdy in a quantum physics kind of way, such as two things can be in the same place at the same time.

 

[bigpicture7]

I'm still trying to figure out those Escheresque windows inside another window.

I think it's a really creative approach:
I'd guess they were really trying to accomplish two seemingly irreconcilable aims, which is to, a), get a lot more light into the building, while, b), not obliterating all evidence of the original building elements and style. I think it works, because I think most viewers will recognize which component is the "old" window, and so, in a sense, it's preserved.

 

[stick n move]

S&f concrete

 

[bigpicture7]

Today (8/24); glass curtainwalls on the west side are nearly complete:

 

[Stlin]

Today (8/24); glass curtainwalls on the west side are nearly complete:

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I think this is one of the first photos I've seen that shows the glass's transparency - a lot of prior photos show a much more mirror like effect.

I acknowledge that this is the less important face of this building, and that it'll ultimately depend a lot on lighting conditions, but I feel like the transparency of glass additions make or break a lot of "thoughtful contextual renovations."

 

[Brookline-ish]

The crane is coming down today.

 

[Delray]

^^^ Taken today, September 14th.