MIT Chapel

The MIT Chapel (dedicated 1955) is a non-denominational chapel designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. It is located on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, next to Kresge Auditorium which Saarinen also designed, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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From the outside the chapel is a simple, windowless brick cylinder set inside a very shallow concrete moat. It is 50 feet in diameter and 30 feet high, and topped by an aluminum spire.

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Within is a remarkably intimate space, stunning in its immediate visual impact. Windowless interior walls are undulating brick. Like a cascade of light, a full-height metal sculpture by Harry Bertoia glitters from the circular skylight down to a small, unadorned marble altar. Natural light filters upward from shallow slits catching reflected light from the moat; this dim ambient light is complemented by artificial lighting.

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Chapel: Historically and at the present day in the Roman Catholic church and other Episcopal denominations, a chapel is typically a private church or area of worship, often small and attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. One of the best known is the Sistine ...

Eero Saarinen: Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for his simple, sweeping, arching structural curves....

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA....

MIT Chapel related Images and Photos (experimental)

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