Baker House is an undergraduate dormitory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It houses over 300 students in singles, doubles, triples, and quads. To foster social interaction amongst the Baker House residents, Aalto designed flying stairways that rose from the center of the building to the upper east side of the building and the upper west side of the building. In addition, there were vertical stairwells at the east end of the building and the west end of the building. As a result, students could very quickly and easily move between floors and also move horizontally. The residents of Baker House think of themselves as living in a single, unified dormitory rather than a particular floor or a particular entrance. Aalto included a central dining room in Baker House so that the residents could eat together. They also use it for house meetings and dormitory parties. In addition, Aalto also included east, west, and central lounge areas on every floor on the north side of the building. Students could easily gather in such areas, have study breaks, and hold small parties. Aalto also designed the furniture for Baker House. The large wardrobe is called an elephant; the floor-to-ceiling bookshelf held in place with a single pole, a giraffe; and the small mobile cabinet, an armadillo. The furniture, which was made out of a light, blond Scandinavian wood, was extremely high quality because it could take the beating of generations of students. Aalto's first wife, Aino, also designed light fixtures for Baker House, but they were not built nor installed at the time when the dormitory originally opened.