[Sci-tech-public] ***MIT Museum Lecture and Opening Reception -- September 17th***

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>The MIT Museum has a new exhibition opening this Friday, September 
>17th.  The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy
>will be at the MIT Museum's Compton Gallery from September 17 through 
>December 30.  In connection with this exhibition,
>a lecture and opening reception will be held at the MIT Museum this 
>Friday, September 17th. Information about these events and
>the exhibition follows:
>
>FRIDAY, September 17th
>
>ARTISTRY OF SWISS ENGINEERING EXPLORED BY MIT MUSEUM
>The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy-Exhibition & Lecture Series
>The MIT Museum takes a comprehensive look at the Swiss tradition in 
>structural engineering.
>(Presented in collaboration with the Princeton University Art Museum and 
>Consulate of
>Switzerland/SHARE Boston-Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education)
>
>- Please join us for a lecture and reception that kick off the exhibition -
>
>
>* Opening Lecture: The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy
>Introduction: President Charles M. Vest
>Speaker: Prof. David P. Billington
>Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Princeton University
>6:00, Bldg 10, Rm 250
>
>As the curator of the exhibition, Prof. Billington will reflect on the 
>Swiss structural engineering
>tradition, which links aesthetics with engineering and has produced some 
>of the most acclaimed
>bridges of the 20th century. He will focus on the educational  philosophy 
>of the influential Federal
>Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, which has trained such notable 
>engineers/designers as
>Otham Ammann, Christian Menn (Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge), and 
>Santiago Calatrava.
>
>Note: The five-part lecture series features ETH professors and ETH-trained 
>engineers.
>
>* Opening  Reception in Bush Room
>7:15, Bldg 10, Rm 105, adjacent to Compton Gallery
>Hosted by Consul General of Switzerland, Christoph von Arb
>
>
>* The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy
>September 17 - December 30 at MIT Museum's Compton Gallery
>The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy celebrates the 20th century's 
>most innovative
>structural designers, a group of Swiss engineers whose many acclaimed 
>works include Boston's
>new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge and New York's George Washington 
>and Verrazano Narrows
>bridges. Through drawings, photographs, archival material, paintings, 
>models, and an interactive stereoscopic
>photography display, the exhibition explores the critical role of 
>aesthetics in structural design
>
>MIT Museum's Compton Gallery
>77 Massachusetts Avenue
>Building 10, Room 105
>Monday - Friday  9:30am - 5:00pm
>Admission: Free
>Wheelchair accessible
>Information: 617-253-4444 or http://mit.edu/museum/
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