MIT Building 20

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building research facility temporary wartime building

MIT Building 20 was a famously makeshift World War II–era wooden structure at MIT that became an incubator for groundbreaking research and innovation across multiple disciplines.

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instanceOf building ⓘ
research facility ⓘ
temporary wartime building ⓘ
affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
approximateAddress Vassar Street, MIT campus, Cambridge, MA ⓘ
architecturalStyle temporary military-style barracks ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Amar Bose ⓘ
Claude Shannon ⓘ
Harold Edgerton ⓘ
Jerome Wiesner ⓘ
Noam Chomsky ⓘ
Walter Rosenblith ⓘ
constructedFor radar research ⓘ
war research ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished 1998 ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
feature ad‑hoc modifications ⓘ
easily reconfigurable interior ⓘ
labyrinthine corridors ⓘ
hasReputation cradle of innovation ⓘ
icon of creative disorder ⓘ
hostedDiscipline acoustics ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
electronics ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
nuclear science ⓘ
physics ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
hostedOrganization MIT Acoustics Laboratory ⓘ
Laboratory for Nuclear Science ⓘ
surface form: MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science

Laboratory for Nuclear Science ⓘ
surface form: MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Engineering

MIT Linguistics Section ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: MIT Radiation Laboratory

MIT Tech Model Railroad Club ⓘ
MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics ⓘ
surface form: Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT
influenced MIT culture of hacking and experimentation ⓘ
design of flexible research spaces ⓘ
knownFor experimental atmosphere ⓘ
informal architecture ⓘ
innovation incubator ⓘ
interdisciplinary research ⓘ
makeshift construction ⓘ
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus ⓘ
material wood ⓘ
nickname Magical Incubator ⓘ
partOf MIT main campus east side ⓘ
replacedBy MIT Stata Center ⓘ
surface form: Ray and Maria Stata Center

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MIT Stata Center → previousSiteOf → MIT Building 20 ⓘ
Building 32, MIT → replaced → MIT Building 20 ⓘ
Magical Incubator → refersTo → MIT Building 20 ⓘ
Magical Incubator → appliedTo → MIT Building 20 ⓘ
Magical Incubator → describes → MIT Building 20 ⓘ