Renewing place
Investing in the physical environment
As architects and planners know, when a space feels right, people are more productive. Well-designed communities invite communication, connection, and participation. To inspire more collaboration, cross-disciplinary activity, and creativity, over the next few years, the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) community will be united in two campus locations—not the six currently occupied by the School. Three key projects are the centerpiece of this physical renewal: completion of the new Media Lab; moving the MIT Center for Real Estate into Building 9, just off Lobby 7; and renewing the Building 9 Learning Environment, home to the Department of Architecture and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
Media Lab building
New home for MIT Center for Real Estate
Building 9 learning communities
Media Lab building
Construction began during the summer of 2007 on the new building designed by Pritzker Prize winner Fuhmiko Maki, located next to the Media Lab in the Wiesner Building. When complete in 2009, SA+P will unite several programs in the complex of these two buildings: all the existing Media Lab activities, the Visual Arts Program, the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), the Rita P. and Joseph B. Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP) and MIT’s Program on Comparative Media Studies. Additionally, this complex will offer new and necessary exhibition spaces for all our students.
Naming opportunities are available:
- One research lab ... $5 million
- Top-floor multi-purpose event and meeting facility for 300, with Cambridge views ... $4 million
- Top-floor conference room with city views and outside terrace ... $4 million
- Three-story multi-use lounge with space for demonstrations and exhibitions, with views of the lower atrium and Amherst Street, 3rd floor atrium ... $3 million
- Machine shop ... $3 million
- Top-floor event and dining space with skylight, views of Boston and the Charles River, seats 250 ... $2 million
- Top-floor lecture hall for 100, with views of Boston skyline ... $2 million
- Café, 5th floor, with city views ... $1.5 million
- Paired conference rooms, 3rd floor ... $750,000
- Conference room with atrium views, 2nd floor ... $750,000
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New home for MIT Center for Real Estate
As the first program of its kind in the country, MIT Center for Real Estate (MIT/CRE) draws on the extraordinary intellectual horsepower of MIT and SA+P. The only U.S. program to require extensive coursework in urban planning, MIT/CRE prepares mid-career professionals to understand and shape communities as built environments, as well as financial investments. As the 25th anniversary approaches, MIT/CRE is preparing to move from W31 into the heart of the SA+P learning community. Bringing MIT/CRE physically into the School will allow greater interdisciplinary collaborations between students and faculty at the Center, Urban Studies and Planning, and Architecture, and across the Institute as a whole. As these plans develop, naming opportunities will become available.
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Building 9 learning communities
When complete, the renovation of Building 9 will create a physical and intellectual bridge between MIT/CRE and the departments of Architecture and Urban Studies and Planning. This revitalized architectural connection will unlock new opportunities for vibrant teaching and interdisciplinary learning. By reallocating the existing space in Building 9, the space crunch in the School will be relieved, with new architecture studios and urban studies and planning classrooms. As these plans develop, naming opportunities will become available.
Unrestricted support to a specific department, center, or lab within the School of Architecture and Planning allows each program to flexibly respond to opportunities and projects immediately in its area. You may wish to search or browse for other giving opportunities within SA+P, or make a gift today by using our secure online giving form.
If you wish to speak to someone about a special gift in support of the School of Architecture and Planning, please contact Tia Tilson, assistant dean for resource development, at ttilson@mit.edu or 617.253.8896.
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