MIT

The center I’ve been working from for the last three works is MIT’s Media Lab Complex, a futuristic looking glass-paned building that almost directly faces Charles River, Prudential Center and the Boston skyline.

I didn’t do a lot of exploration on my own of the campus though, but after one lunch, my co-partner in the project brought me for a fast walking tour around one part of the campus. The early Friday afternoon sun was gorgeous, and the pictures turned out pretty well on the E-PL1…. except for the indoor ones – too many people milling about to do proper set up shots!)

Above: Killian Court, with the Great Dome in the background. The Dome itself houses the library for the engineering faculty. Took a panoramic composition inside there.

Above: The distinctive Great Dome, and also site for some of MIT students’ greatest pranks. They once (somehow) put a fire truck on top of the Dome in 2006! You can Google for those pictures.:)

Above two pictures: At 77 Massachusetts Avenue lies Building 7, the entrance to the University campus. There’s a magnificent looking dome inside (took panorama shots).

Above: Block 16, or Dorrance Building… I think!

Above: Main Street. My summer program interns are working in a lab that’s down the road on the left. On the left of this picture is Marriott Hotel. A full 5-star hotel on campus – wow.

Above two pictures: The MIT COOP that offers MIT memorabilia and a great bookstore too (brought a book for Ling there), and the Gray Way, a shady walkway that brings visitors to McDermott Court.

Above: McDermott Court.

Above: Not sure what this building is for, but it’s marked Prichett Dining.

Above two pictures:  Left is the Infinite Corridor that runs for 251 meters, connecting several buildings on campus together. Right is simply called the Green Building, a 21 floor block that serves MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science.

Above: Kendall/MIT Subway station that commuters come up from to Main Street.

Next – the out of the world buildings on campus.:)