MIT Visit

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2004, 11:07 PM

My sister just graduated from MIT (Math and Physics double major). We headed up for the ceremony, and I got some interesting pictures of MIT's distinctive architecture.

Here's a new dorm. I'll show a few views, to highlight the colors. They designate the areas of high stress on the building infrastructure.

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2004, 11:08 PM

The colors are hidden in a straight-on view.

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2004, 11:08 PM

And they are different from another angle.

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2004, 11:10 PM

Here is the new research building, still under construction on the inside. It looks like a Dr. Seuss pop-up book.

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2004, 11:11 PM

A view from Cambridge into Boston, with sunset behind me.

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2004, 11:12 PM

Which, given the wet weather, provided an evening rainbow.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-09-2004, 11:27 PM

Good job, HM.

Nothing But Net · 06-09-2004, 11:55 PM

Those are some great shots, but I think that first building is butt fugly. It looks like it's been bombed out.

Is this the future of American architecture? Like putting a car cover painted like a beater on your Mercedes so nobody wants to mess with it?

Beestie · 06-10-2004, 04:21 AM

Originally posted by Nothing But Net

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Is this the future of American architecture?

What it *is* is Frank Gehry's latest abomination in a career full of them: the Stata Research Building. The problem with architecture like this is that even if Gehry can do it brilliantly (a dubious claim as it is), it spawns so many imitators who do it badly. I don't think its the future of American Architecture as much as its past - one can only hope.

Pi · 06-10-2004, 04:51 AM

The research building reminds me of Hundertwasser, an austrian architect and painter...
And btw you must have a really intelligent sister... Congratulations and good luck for her career.

Pie · 06-10-2004, 08:50 AM

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
My sister just graduated from MIT (Math and Physics double major).

Wow, congratulations to your sister! In my dreams, I have a degree from MIT.

Is she going on to grad school? Or is she one of these truly revolting people (like a friend I had in highschool) who will take 3 years off to play violin with Juliard?

Either way, best wishes to her!

- Pie

Happy Monkey · 06-10-2004, 09:43 AM

She'll be teaching math at a Catholic school until she sorts out the grad school thing.

wolf · 06-10-2004, 11:32 AM

That is just so frighteningly wrong, I don't know what to say.

All you need to be able to teach at a catholic school is a letter saying you're a good Catholic.

(Things may have changed and they may require actual teaching credentials nowadays ... my last actual information is from the late 1980s.)

Happy Monkey · 06-10-2004, 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by wolf
All you need to be able to teach at a catholic school is a letter saying you're a good Catholic.

Um, not even that. Trust me.

And the lack of teaching credentials is, AFAIAC, a plus. My brother (who also taught at said Catholic school for a year) is getting his teaching credentials, as he is teaching in NYC public schools. Teaching degrees are pretty much a scam. In theory, it seems like a nice idea that all teachers be trained, but in practice, you get semester classes on the use of graphing calculators.

Pi · 06-10-2004, 11:49 AM

Uhhh. Over here you have to have a 4-year-university-diploma and then 3 more years as assistant before teaching in secondary and teaching in primary requires 3 years-study in a teacher-school...

06-09-2004, 11:07 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	MIT Visit My sister just graduated from MIT (Math and Physics double major). We headed up for the ceremony, and I got some interesting pictures of MIT's distinctive architecture. Here's a new dorm. I'll show a few views, to highlight the colors. They designate the areas of high stress on the building infrastructure. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-09-2004, 11:08 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The colors are hidden in a straight-on view. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-09-2004, 11:08 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And they are different from another angle. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-09-2004, 11:10 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here is the new research building, still under construction on the inside. It looks like a Dr. Seuss pop-up book. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-09-2004, 11:11 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	A view from Cambridge into Boston, with sunset behind me. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-09-2004, 11:12 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Which, given the wet weather, provided an evening rainbow. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-09-2004, 11:27 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good job, HM. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-09-2004, 11:55 PM	#8
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Wow! Just wow, HM. Those are some great shots, but I think that first building is butt fugly. It looks like it's been bombed out. Is this the future of American architecture? Like putting a car cover painted like a beater on your Mercedes so nobody wants to mess with it?

06-10-2004, 04:51 AM	#10
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06-10-2004, 09:43 AM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	She'll be teaching math at a Catholic school until she sorts out the grad school thing. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-10-2004, 11:32 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That is just so frighteningly wrong, I don't know what to say. All you need to be able to teach at a catholic school is a letter saying you're a good Catholic. (Things may have changed and they may require actual teaching credentials nowadays ... my last actual information is from the late 1980s.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-10-2004, 11:49 AM	#15
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	Uhhh. Over here you have to have a 4-year-university-diploma and then 3 more years as assistant before teaching in secondary and teaching in primary requires 3 years-study in a teacher-school... __________________ Complex simplex

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