Opening night at Le Laboratoire Cambridge. Photo Credit: Phase One Photography.
creative thinkers to relax, enjoy, and schmooze.
Bartender Todd Maul and his staff create cocktails that owe a debt to science. The bar is
equipped with its own centrifuge and supply of
liquid nitrogen. Le Lab, as it’s become known,
has quickly become the place where artists, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and designers
go to ‘see and be seen’.
The space itself is unique in that every element seems designed to create desire. The sleek
minimal space by Mathieu Lehanneur is composed of distinct components: Le Laboratoire
art exhibition space, Café ArtScience and Bar,
and the Honeycomb, where Harvard lectures
and public programs for the Wyss often take
place. Wyss scientist L. Mahadevan speaks on
“Shapes and Flows of Nature” at the Le Laboratoire Honeycomb on May 20.
Don Ingber says, “The Wyss Institute empowers our scientists to ask the big questions
and cross all the lines—it happens all the time.
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Edwards is creating a space for it to happen and
translate it into impact, to empower people to
follow their passions.” Edwards describes his
vision: “Experiments at Le Laboratoire Cambridge are about the creative process that is taking place at the intersection of science, art, and
technology. We work with creators from a wide
range of fields—scientists, designers, artists,
musicians, chefs, et cetera—which enable us to
explore ideas in a very meaningful way.”
Ingber sums it up, “Really good people who
try to solve mega-problems in the world have to
cross boundaries. Le Laboratoire is an experiment to try to open up challenges to bring the
tech sector and art sector together.”
The strategic location of