Media Lab occupants huddle outside as firefighters confer on the first floor of the building on Dec. 13, 2007. A failure of the hydraulic system of one of the elevators produced smoke, which prompted the building’s evacuation during December’s first major snowstorm.

Omari Stephens—The Tech

Media Lab occupants huddle outside as firefighters confer on the first floor of the building on Dec. 13, 2007. A failure of the hydraulic system of one of the elevators produced smoke, which prompted the building’s evacuation during December’s first major snowstorm. Omari Stephens—The Tech