-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mumbai architect Charles Correa designs MIT > neuroscience centre > NEW YORK: Mumbai-based architect Charles Correa has > designed what is the world's largest complex dedicated to > neuroscience research at the Massachusetts Institute of > Technology (MIT) at Boston, USA.
Folks, Charles Correa is also in charge of the Aga Khan Centre, a large project, here is Toronto. There are some excellent articles about him and the project in The Toronto Star but, unfortunately, they are all articles are pay to view. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/828338411.html?did=828338411&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+28%2C+2005&author=Haroon+Siddiqui&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Selling+a+Canadian+idea+to+the+world Mervyn3.0 > The new facility, inaugurated last weekend, has > state-of-the-art facilities > and is built around a soaring five-storey atrium, > include wet and dry labs for > molecular, cognitive and systems neuroscience, the > imaging center with fMRIs, > classrooms, offices, seminar rooms and a large > auditorium. > > The new 4.11 lakh square-foot complex is the latest > building to open as part > of MIT's extensive new building programme. It will > house three primary > occupants: the Department of Brain and Cognitive > Sciences, the McGovern > Institute for Brain Research and the Picower > Institute for Learning and > Memory, as well as the Athinoula A Martinos Imaging > Center. The complex is > designed to bring scientists from disparate > backgrounds together, and to > encourage chance encounters and conversations that > may lead to new ideas. > > "Proximity and buildings matter a great deal in > science" said Mriganka Sur, > the Indian American head of the Department of Brain > and Cognitive > Sciences. "We expect it will expand the imagination > of our students and > researchers by allowing them easy access to other > ways and levels and scales > of thinking. We believe Charles Correa's design, > with its soaring spaces and > light, will allow imaginations to soar as well." > "Every place has its own soil, its own culture," > said Correa at the > inauguration. "And the culture of MIT is that of > science; that is to say, the > gravitas of science. This is the crucial territory > that I knew this project > must reclaim." > > Correa is a major figure in contemporary > architecture. He studied architecture > at the University of Michigan and at MIT. In private > practice in Mumbai since > 1958, his work covers a wide range, from the Mahatma > Gandhi Memorial at the > Sabarmati Ashram, to the Jawahar Kala Kendra in > Jaipur, and the state assembly > for Madhya Pradesh. > > (DNA - Evolutions - Mumbai) > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * > F * I * E * D * S * > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not > here! > Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. > 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers > of Love. > http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------
