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The Perils Of Designing For Geniuses

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
30 May 2004 - 1:00pm

Frank Gehry faced a different set of challenges in designing for MIT's famously reclusive professors.

"Terraces and other informal gathering-places are sprinkled throughout the Stata Center for that purpose. But the professors' clamour for privacy forced Gehry to create more traditional office space on the upper floors. 'It's like orangutans,' says the architect in a rather unflattering comparison. 'They retreat to the tree-tops for privacy and come down when they want to be sociable.' "

Full Story: Architecture: The perils of designing for MIT's geniuses
Source: The Financial Times, May 28, 2004
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