Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel – Cambridge, Massachusetts

            The MIT Chapel, completed in 1956, is a non-denominational chapel designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. The chapel is on the west campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, This small Chapel is often noted as a successful example of mid-century modern architecture in the United States.  Windowless interior walls are undulating brick. Like a cascade of light, a full-height metal sculpture by Harry Bertoia glitters from the circular skylight down to a small, unadorned marble altar. Natural light filters upward from shallow slits in the walls catching rippling reflected light from the moat; this dim ambient light is complemented by artificial lighting. The chapel's curving spire and bell tower were designed by the sculptor Theodore Roszak and was added in 1956. The 1300-pound Japanese style bell was cast at MIT in the Metals Processing Laboratory.
 The chapel has an excellent organ that was custom-designed for the space by Walter Holtkamp of the Holtkamp Organ Company, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Holtkamp was instrumental in the 1950s, in the revival of the classic school of organ-building.

Taken in: United States / Massachusetts / Cambridge / Cambridgeport (show map)

Taken on: June 22, 2022

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