There are cruise ship roller coasters, and then this roller coaster built by MIT students at East Campus. That’s right, each year the students of East Campus residence hall create a massive structure in their courtyard, whether it be a fort or amusement park, to welcome first-year students for Residential Exploration (REX) week.
This custom roller coaster features a 130-foot-long wooden track, complete with two hills. The initial plans were created on a 3d printer before being reviewed by a professional architect for safety reasons. It was then awarded a building permit from the City of Cambridge,along with approvals from MIT’s Facilities Department and the Environment, Health & Safety Office.
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We start informally in January or February scoping out what we are going to build. We were focusing on making it more of a place that people would come and hang out,” said Henry Shackleton ’18, one of the REX co-chairs in 2016.
