The offspring of an academic institution and a laboratory that develops systems for national security, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beaver Works straddles two different worlds: one that prizes transparency and another that requires locked doors. The program, which began five years ago using existing classrooms and labs at MIT, moved into its first proper home at the end of 2013. Designed by Boston-based Merge Architects, the new 4,900-square-foot space in an office building just off the MIT campus serves as an academic outpost for a laboratory shrouded in secrecy and a place where college seniors can get a taste of defense-oriented research and development.
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