A singular plane is draped into the existing, pinching a curve that defines interior and exterior space, private and public. The offset space between MIT’s existing facade and the added curve is the program of the for MIT SA+P. A path is cut through the existing building to bring the public from Massachusetts Avenue through the archive to Killian Court which is the main courtyard of the MIT campus. This path allows the community to enhabit the curve, floating above it, promoting views below to the auditorium or up towards to the private archives.

The form is pinched a second time at one end of the site which is a direct reaction to the moment of broken symmetry. It is here where it is lifted to direct inhabitants to dissend below the curved surface. 

The classical grid is projected onto the curved surface, pixilating the plane into panels, then rotating them to allow for views above and below the curved surface. The curve is a thin 30cm concrete surface, hung by metal beams that connect to the existing through the floor slabs. Above the concrete are the metal panels which are anchored to slabs in a way to make them float. The composition of materials are intended to make the curve appear light in weight, juxtaposing the old with the new while bluring what is outside and inside, public and private.