It even has a certain odd charm to it that we associate with such a technologically-oriented place. But every day, all the people in Building 37 and Building 13, and in every other Institute building, go home. Faculty and staff may bring work home, and students all have homework, but the places we live probably have a markedly different character from the places where we work. Home is a sanctuary from the institutional character of our workplaces and classrooms. Home is where we go to be human.
Nobody likes to go home to a number or an address.
Because nobody has contributed money to name the dorm after them, the administration won't call it by any name at all. The name was meant to be temporary, to serve only until somebody donated the millions of dollars required to name the dorm after them. But for better or for worse, after fifteen years it is our name. The roots of our name have none of the usual glitz, but it is our name. The rationale for calling us by our address or building number is that one day, someone may contribute the money to name the dorm.