Baker House VR (2024)

About MIT Baker House and Alvar Aalto

Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is a Finnish architect considered as one of the most influential Modernist pioneers. Among his many architectural projects and numerous furniture designs is the Baker House (1949), a student dormitory he created on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while he was a visiting professor to the institute. Today, numerous historic sketches and drawings he made during the design development and photos of the building at its completion are archived at Alvar Aalto Foundation (alvaaalto.fi) in Helsinki.

Downloading and installing the app

This VR content is designed for viewing in Meta Quest 2 HMD, while you are sitting on a chair. Please set up your Quest 2's guardian area and the floor level properly. The best viewing height of the HMD is approximately 115 cm (between 110 and 120 cm or 3.6 and 4 feet) from the floor.

- For high-quality version, please use a Quest 2 cabled to a desktop PC.
The application (zipped .exe file, 850 Mb) is available here.

- For reduced-quality version, you can use a stand-alone Quest 2,
The application (zipped .apk file, 500 Mb) is available here.

After launching the VR app, please start the content story by clicking PLAY button appearing in the HMD view.

Credits

Baker House VR (version 2024a)
Produced and designed by: Takehiko Nagakura and MIT ARC Group
In collaboration with: Aalto Foundation in Helsinki
Design team: Han Tu, Yichen Jia, Eytan Mann, Woongki Sung, Xiaoyun Zhang, Nikolaos Vlavianos, Wenzhe Peng, Shaoying Tan
Archival drawings and photos: Aalto Foundation ( www.alvaraalto.fi )
Special thanks to: Timo Riekko, Michiyo Okabe, Malvina Lampietti, Daniel Tsai, Paloma Gonzalez

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