For 85 years, MIT’s Hobby Shop has provided a space for MIT’s community members to build their passion projects. For the last 65 of those years, that work has taken place in a low-ceilinged, windowless room in the basement of Building W31. Now the Hobby Shop is opening in a new location on Massachusetts Avenue that’s sure to increase its visibility — not to mention the sun exposure of its users.
The new MIT Hobby Shop, which officially opens tomorrow in Building N51, features new and upgraded machinery as well as an additional 1,000 square feet of workspace. In fact, if not for some durable equipment and the familiar faces of Hobby Shop Director Hayami Arakawa and Technical Instructor Coby Unger, the shop would be virtually unrecognizable.
“It’s super different,” says MIT Space Administrator Greg Raposa, who helped orchestrate the move. “The…
