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Welcome to the MIT Department of Architecture. Here's our latest news. Join us for lectures and events. For information on admissions go here. Skiptomaincontent Mainnavigation Search Image Thisspring, undergraduatedesignmajorKarynNakamura’23transformedtheiconicfaçadeofMIT'sSimmonsHallwithalarge-scaleinteractiveinstallation.Learnmoreabouttheproject.  Image ACTalumna KwanQueenieLiSMACT’22isamongthe2022SchnitzerPrizeWinners.Learnmoreaboutthewinningprojects.  Image “Thresholds 50: Before//After”isnowavailable.Aspecial50thanniversaryeditionofThresholdsJournal,looksbackwardandforward.Learnmore. Image ACTgraduatestudent, ChristopherBentonisamongthe2022SchnitzerPrizeWinners.Learnmoreaboutthewinningprojects.  Image MITMorningsideAcademyforDesigncreatedasanewhubforcross-disciplinaryeducation,research,andinnovation Image HighlightsfromFall2021M.ArchThesis WelcometotheMITDepartmentofArchitecture.Here’sourlatestnews.Joinusforlecturesandevents.Forinformationonadmissionsgohere.LearnmoreabouttheDepartmentandaboutourGroups. Groups Architecture+Urbanism ViewProgram ArtCulture+Technology ViewProgram BuildingTechnology ViewProgram Computation ViewProgram HistoryTheory+Criticism ViewProgram AgaKhanProgramforIslamicArchitecture UndergraduateArchitecture+Design ViewProgram InFocus June15 JournalSubmissionDeadline ThresholdsJournal:51Heat June20 Juneteenthholidayobserved June22 FallPre-RegistrationDeadline News ReadMore PublishedJune9,2022“Thresholds 50: Before//After”isnowavailable Aspecial50thanniversaryeditionofThresholdsjournal,looksbackwardandforward. News AgaKhanProgram Architecture+Urbanism ArtCulture+Technology HistoryTheory+Criticism PublishedJune6,2022AlumniNews:RebeccaUchillappointeddirectoroftheCenterforArt,DesignandVisualCultureatUMBC AsdirectoroftheCenterforArt,DesignandVisualCulture(CADVC),UchillwilloverseetheoperationsoftheCADVC’sgallery,publicationprogram,andexpandedpublicart News HistoryTheory+Criticism PublishedMay28,2022MITannouncesplansforpresidentialsearch AmongsearchcommitteemembersnamedisNicholasdeMonchaux,professorandheadoftheDepartmentofArchitecture,andprofessorofurbanstudiesandplanning. News Architecture+Urbanism PublishedMay25,2022MITSimmonsHallasaninteractivecanvas “116x31”aprojectbyundergraduatedesignmajorKarynNakamura’23transformsaniconicbuildingonMIT’scampuswithalarge-scaleinteractiveinstallation. News Undergraduates PublishedMay24,2022ALifeWorthLiving AzraAkšamijaexploresthecomplexroleofcultureinwarandothercrises. News ArtCulture+Technology PublishedMay19,2022ThreefromMITArchitectureawarded2022FulbrightFellowships CongratulationstoCalebAmanfu’21,AnaMcIntoshMArch‘22,andDelanieJ.LindenPhDcandidateinHTC,awarded2022FulbrightFellowshipsforresearch,study,andteaching News Architecture+Urbanism HistoryTheory+Criticism Undergraduates PublishedMay3,2022LocalStories,GlobalThemes:The2022SchnitzerPrizeWinners TwofromACTareamongthisyear'sSchnitzerPrizeWinners News ArtCulture+Technology PublishedMay2,2022Spring2022FinalReviewSchedule AboveimagesFall2021MArchThesisReviews.Credit:DaisyZhang. News AgaKhanProgram Architecture+Urbanism ArtCulture+Technology BuildingTechnology Computation HistoryTheory+Criticism Undergraduates PublishedApril30,2022Thresholds50:TheExhibition OnviewApril22-May18,2022MITKellerGallery7-408 News AgaKhanProgram Architecture+Urbanism HistoryTheory+Criticism Image Cover, Thresholds 50: Before//After, JolaIdowu,ArdalanSadeghiKivi,MeriamSoltanandAntonioPacheco.Cambridge:MITPress,2022. Thresholds 50: Before//Afterisnowavailable EditedbyJolaIdowu,ArdalanSadeghiKivi,MeriamSoltanandAntonioPacheco,thisspecial50thanniversaryeditionofThresholdsJournal,looksbackwardandforward,atpasts,pastfutures,andpresentpossibilities. Thresholds 50: Before//After includesscholarlyarticles,interdisciplinaryinvestigations,andcreativecontributionsfromart,architecture,andrelatedfieldsthatexplorethethematicconcernsof BEFORE and/or AFTER.Thresholdsisthepeer-reviewedjournalproducedbytheMITDepartmentofArchitectureanddistributedbytheMITPress.Learnmoreandreadtheissue.  Spring2022publicprogram Learnmore HentyleYapp TheUbiquityofAsia:RacialCapital,Fireworks,andtheContemporary May5,2022-6:00pm Asiaiseverywhere.Asiafeelsubiquitous,fromsofttohardpower;fromhightolowculture;andfromtheAmericastoAfrica Event PublicLectureSeries NidaSinnokrot PalestineisnotaGarden April28,2022-6:00pm TheGarden,inthecontextofPalestine,conjuresconflictingimaginariesofsecurityandabundance,ofdisobedienceand Event PublicLectureSeries MarlonBlackwell AbstractUnions April14,2022-6:00pm MarlonBlackwell,workingoutsidethearchitecturalmainstream,willdiscusshisarchitectureanddesignprocessasbeing Event PublicLectureSeries XiaojiChen Ourownlegacy:frompassionprojectstosustainablesolutionswithopensourcecommunitybuilding March17,2022-6:00pm Onceusedto“prettify”academicpapers,datavisualizationisnowincreasinglysoughtafterasanessentialtoolfor Event ComputationLectures PublicLectureSeries FrederickMoten BuildingandBildungundBlackness:SomeArchitecturalQuestionsforFela March10,2022-6:00pm ThesequestionsforFelaarededicatedtohim,ortohismemory.Theyseektobeinortobeinfusedbyhisspirit. Event PublicLectureSeries SpecialLecture J.YolandeDaniels Building|Unbuilding February24,2022-6:00pm TheworkofJ.YolandeDanielsbridgesbetweenoperativeconstructionsandcritiquesofform,andbetweenthepracticeof Event Architecture+Urbanism PublicLectureSeries People NicholasdeMonchaux DepartmentHead AzraAkšamija AssociateProfessor;ACTDirector LawrenceSass AssociateProfessor;Director,ComputationGroup TerryKnight Professor TimothyHyde AssociateProfessor NasserRabbat ProfessorandDirectoroftheMITAgaKhanProgram ChristophReinhart Professor;Director,BuildingTechnologyProgram SkylarTibbits AssociateProfessor SheilaKennedy Professor BrandonClifford AssociateProfessor&MArchProgramDirector JackieDufault AdministrativeOfficer LaurenSchuller Diversity,EquityandBelongingOfficer LesNorford Professor Image OutofFrame: LetterfromtheEditor2021-22 outofframe isastudent-editedplatformsupportedbyMITArchitecture.AngelaLoescher-Montal(M.Arch2023)hasbegunhertermasthe outofframe Editorfor2021-22.ReadherlettertotheMITCommunity,aswellashighlightsfromsummerposts. Selectpublications MITPress,2022 Thresholds50:Before//After JolaIdowu,ArdalanSadeghiKivi,MeriamSoltanandAntonioPacheco MITPress,2022 ShapesofImagination:CalculatinginColeridge’sMagicalRealm GeorgeStiny 2021 Multi-objectiveoptimizationof3Dprintedshelltoolpaths AlexanderCurth,TimBrodesser,LawrenceSass,CaitlinMueller 2020 TheData-Human:Whoarewe?ExploringtheQuestionsofOurIdentityintheDigitalAge MarkJarzombek PrincetonUniversityPress,2019 UglinessandJudgment:OnArchitectureinthePublicEye TimothyHyde 2017 TheCannibal'sCookbook:MiningMythsofCyclopeanConstructions BrandonClifford HamadbinKhalifaUniversityPress,2018 TheArchitectureoftheDeadCity:TowardaNewReadingofSyrianHistory NasserO.Rabbat BuildingTechnologyPress,2018 TheDaylightingHandbookII ChristophReinhart 2017 TheOptimumImperative:CzechArchitecturefortheSocialistLifestyle,1938–1968 AnaMiljački 2016 Experience:Culture,Cognition,andtheCommonSense CarolineJones 2015 MakingGrammars:FromComputingwithShapestoComputingwithThings TerryKnight,GeorgeStiny MITPress,2011 Spacesuit:FashioningApollo NicholasdeMonchaux