04/09/2022
At the University of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), until 1998 there was the famous Building 20. It was a temporary building built during
World War II for surplus radiation lab personnel. Later, it was the "surplus" of all the other laboratories and departments.
The building was very simple, the partitions were put up arbitrarily. As a result, nuclear physicists accidentally bumped into linguists, chemists into electronists
etc. The result of such combinations was the birth of a number of new disciplines and products, from computer games to new types of reactors.
The building was very simple, the partitions were put up arbitrarily. As a result, nuclear physicists accidentally bumped into linguists, chemists into electronics the Big Bang Theory, and the thing which makes the transistor.
The idea has been picked up in Sweden as well. The government knows the value of basic science and invests heavily in it. That's why it's within walking distance of the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University they've built a chic, high-tech, environmentally friendly Albano Campus, where about a thousand students and researchers live and work.
The campus includes everything you need to live, from fitness clubs to dining halls, cafes, and pubs. There's even a tattoo parlour. And little things like science labs and classrooms and lecture halls.
