Brown University Computing Laboratory: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Computing Laboratory 1964.jpg|thumb|Brown Computing Laboratory circa 1964]]

{{Infobox building

[[File:Computing_Laboratory,_Brown_University_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Brown Computing Laboratory today]]

| name = Brown University Computing Laboratory

[[File:Watson_Plaque.jpg|thumb|Dedication Plaque]]

| image = Computing Laboratory, Brown University (cropped).jpg

[[File:Computing-Laboratory-Gorky-with-AvD.jpg|thumb|Gorky tapestry with Prof. Andy van Dam]]

| caption = The laboratory in 2018

[[File:Gorky-in-correct-orientation.jpg|thumb|Gorky tapestry in correct orientation starting in 2022]]

| address = 180 George Street<br>

[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]

| architect = [[Philip Johnson]]

| owner = [[Brown University]]

| architectural_style = [[Modern architecture|Modernism]]

| current_tenants = Brown University Center for Computation and Visualization

}}

The '''Brown University Computing Laboratory''' is an academic building of [[Brown University]] located at 180 George Street<ref>{{Cite web |title=180 George Street at Brown University for Center for Computation and Visualization « LLB Architects {{!}} Lerner Ladds Bartels |url=http://llbarch.com/projects/higher-education/180-george-street/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. It was built in 1960 and designed by noted architect [[Philip Johnson]]. The building was funded through a donation by the family of [[Thomas J. Watson]], Sr. and dedicated to his memory. It was designed to house the IBM 7070 that was obtained through grants from the National Science Foundation and the IBM Corporation. On a wall in the main lobby hangs a tapestry given by Philip Johnson after a design by [[Arshile Gorky]]. The building was dedicated on January 12, 1961.

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In 1988, the Applied Mathematics Division became the primary occupant after a new Center for Information Technology building was opened to house the Computer Science Department. Subsequently, the Center for Computation and Visualization<ref>{{Cite web|title=Center for Computation and Visualization Brown University|url=https://bulletin.brown.edu/centerforcomputationandvisualization/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=bulletin.brown.edu}}</ref> became the primary occupant. The basement was remodeled with graduate student offices and a small lounge.

In 2022, the Gorky tapestry was taken down for cleaning. It was discovered that it had been hanging in the wrong orientation for 61 years and remounted on the wall in the correct orientation.<gallery>

[[File:Computing Laboratory 1964.jpg|thumb|BrownThe Computing Laboratorylaboratory circain 1964]]

[[File:Computing-Laboratory-Gorky-with-AvD.jpg|thumb|Gorky tapestry with Prof. Andy[[Andries van Dam]] with the Gorky tapestry

[[File:Gorky-in-correct-orientation.jpg|thumb|GorkyThe correctly-oriented tapestry in correct orientation starting in 2022]]

File:Watson Plaque.jpg|The dedication plaque

</gallery>

== References ==