Upcoming Events (5)
GEO-MATTERS Lecture: Roi Salgueiro Barrio
Part of the SMArchS Urbanism Lecture Series, GEO-MATTERS examines how designers engage with the earth’s materials, forces, and signals. Roi Salgueiro Barrio leads a discussion on material ecologies, climate disturbances, and design strategies in urban contexts.
Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series: Forrest Meggers
MIT's Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series presents Forrest Meggers, challenging the idea of sealed interiors. The talk explores how thermal systems and air conditioning shape architectural thinking, blending theory with Building Technology insights in Building 7.
SMArchS Urbanism Lecture Series: GEO-MATTERS with Mae-ling Lokko
MIT hosts the SMArchS Urbanism Lecture Series featuring Mae-ling Lokko to explore how designers engage earth’s matter and material ecologies. GEO-MATTERS probes climate-disrupted urbanism, materials, and signals shaping future cities, in Building 7, Room 7-429.
Tracy K. Smith — Green-Taylor Lectures
Tracy K. Smith delivers a Green-Taylor Lecture in MIT’s Building 7, exploring Black life and letters through her award-winning poetry and essays. A Harvard professor and former Poet Laureate, she discusses memory, identity, and the power of language in contemporary American letters.
Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series: Ali Mangera
Ali Mangera presents MIT Architecture Lecture on how our perception of cities changes with age, from children's colorful scales to mobility-impaired perspectives. Part of MIT's Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series, presented with the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, the talk blends design theory with urban experience.