Stata Center crumpled-paper origin story

Aside on TQM thought leaders; Stata Center as donor monument. Tom claims firsthand sourcing from the MIT chief architect.

Anybody know the inspiration of the Stata Center? This is an aside, but I got it directly from the MIT chief architect the day after she had met with Frank Gehry, when they were designing the building. She was in his conference room in Los Angeles waiting for him. He comes in, he starts crumpling up paper and throwing it on the table, and he has this pile of crumpled paper. He says, "That's what your building is gonna look like." And it does. It looks like a pile of junk. Okay, sorry, we all have our opinions of it.