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The university's architecture department gets its first signature building in the form of a castle-like red-brick storage facility, transformed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Photo © Iwan Baan.
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MIT Architecture retweeted
In a feat of adaptive reuse, the century-old Met Warehouse has become a new home for @mitsap. “It’s almost inconceivable that this brick box, which was not designed for human habitation but to store objects, has been opened up,” says John Ochsendorf. news.mit.edu/2026/met-wareho…
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Inspired by pinecones, tree bark, and seedpods, MIT researchers developed a mathematical framework for designing manufacturable, adaptive materials that mimic complex behaviors found in nature — with applications from robotics to aerospace. bit.ly/4zr0VOK
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Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating
New study from LIDS Audun Botterud, @saurabhamin, Rahman Khorramfar, and collaborators identifies steps that can lower not only emissions, but also costs, across electric power and natural gas industries. bit.ly/4hdP2Bt
MIT Architecture retweeted
Congratulations to Olivia Wynne Houck (@MITarchitecture) and Natasha Ansari (@MITdusp) for being awarded the 2024 Jeanne Guillemin Prize! Learn more: cis.mit.edu/news-media/news/…. Apply for 2025 CIS PhD Grants by 3/14: cis.mit.edu/fellowships-gran… @MIT_SHASS
MIT Architecture retweeted
After our three-year collaboration with LabCiudades, @motaengilmexico, and the @gobiernoCDMX_ , we are happy to share our new website that showcases work from faculty, students, and staff from @mitarchitecture, @mitsap, @mitdusp, @mitdesignx , and the LCAU.
MIT Architecture retweeted
The Care-Actors Comics Compendium was an event held by @MITarchitecture students meant to highlight comics and their role as representational tools in architecture. #thisismit #mitshass #mit #mitarchitecture
ALT A bound, large-format rendering of architectural drawings on a table whose pages are being turned by someone. There are comics and other objects visible.
ALT Several bound items with covers and copy rest on a table next to other objects.
ALT People are gathered around several tables pushed together to form one long table. A person is gesturing to the group as though talking. There are drawings and pictures of words pinned to walls on either side of the room.
ALT Several small bound books rest near a collection of differently colored pieces of shaped wood resting beneath a rectangular piece of wood.
MIT Architecture retweeted
This spring, a popular new MIT course run by @MITarchitecture, @MITAeroAstro, and @medialab asked students to design habitats for humans to comfortably work in and inhabit space.
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MIT Architecture retweeted
⭐ WELCOME to our 2024 DESIGN FELLOWS! ⭐
We are excited to announce the cohort of Design Fellows for the upcoming AY: buff.ly/3JSWzaP
@MIT @mitsap @MITarchitecture @MITMuseum @MITdusp @medialab @MITEngineering @mitmeche @MITSloan @MITEECS @MIT_CEE
MIT Architecture retweeted
We are pleased to announce the publication of the journal Thresholds 52: DISAPPEARANCE
Editors: Samuel Dubois and Susan Williams
Graphic Designer: Ella Gold
Publisher: MIT Press
Now accessible through MIT Press Journals for electronic access. Print issues available this summer.
MIT Architecture retweeted
4.500 Design Computation, a course taught by Architecture's Larry Sass, teaches students the thoughtful and experimental process of design through the familiar idea of a chair while exploring "foundational technologies." #mit #design #technology
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MIT Architecture retweeted
🌍💧Today is #WorldWaterDay. Scott Odell and John Fernández (@johnefernandez) of @mit_esi investigate the effects of mining in Chile.
Read more here: news.mit.edu/2024/understand…
MIT Architecture retweeted
During the 3.14.24 MIT 24-Hour Challenge, @MIT is counting on all of us. Join us! @MITarchitecture @MITdusp @medialab @MITArchA @MITLCAU @MITCRE @MITDesignAcad @ACTMIT @SenseableCity @mitdesignx bit.ly/MIT24-partner-social-…
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Last week, students from @TuskegeeUniv joined us for a special MITdesignX workshop, hosted alongside @MITarchitecture. The students were tasked with designing a useful desktop artifact highlighting the historical relationship between MIT and Tuskegee. Take a look!
MIT Architecture retweeted
Exciting architecture fellowships to apply to in January 2024
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#ArchinectJobs #ArchitectureAcademia #AcademicFellowship @UofTDaniels @MITarchitecture @KentCAED @UTSOA
MIT Architecture retweeted
Linking energy use to local climate | Christoph Reinhart @MITarchitecture discusses new model of the relationship between local climate and hourly building energy use to quantify the impact of climate change or interventions such as thermostat adjustment. go.nature.com/485b7yk
MIT Architecture retweeted
Carlo Ratti will curate the 2025 Venice Biennale Architecture exhibition
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@SenseableCity @crassociati @mitsap @MITarchitecture #BiennaleArchitettura2025
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Join us for a roundtable discussion of Abbott’s technique, motivation and the results, moderated by MIT Museum’s Gary Van Zante, curator of the Museum’s exhibition on Abbott’s Super Sight.
Dec 12
6:30-8:30pm
$15 General Public
$5 MIT ID Holders
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2023 Design Fellow James Brice worked as a zookeeper before coming to MIT. Pursuing a dual Master in @mitarchitecture & Science in @mit_cee, he's designing nature-based solutions for coastal adaptation with oyster reefs for coastal resilience. buff.ly/3tS1FPM
ALT urban herbarium, { Saponaria officinalis, Erigeron canadensis, Digitaria spp }, colored pencil, ink, photo collage, by James Brice
ALT Rendering showing a coastal landscape with pathways above water allowing people to walk in harmony with the birds and other fauna. By James Brice.
MIT Architecture retweeted
At 5:30pm #dusp's Faizan Siddiqi & @MITarchitecture's Huma Gupta will host a screening of Syed Faraz Ali's 'Shoebox,' which explores the relationship between the cultural-material politics of the present, individual lives, & the built environment. RSVP: forms.gle/AiYnLoACpZWYyixF6
ALT Image from Shoebox's website, showing the actress Amrita Bagchi sitting on a bed looking to her right.