Welcome to the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. At SA+P, a potent mix of disciplines and departments fuels innovation and energizes our drive for meaningful progress. Whether our community is designing systems or cities, objects or structures, policies or technologies, we are committed to working every day, at MIT and around the globe, in service to a better world.

Spotlight

"20 Years Mapping the [In]visible"
An exhibit marking the twentieth anniversary of the MIT Senseable City Lab’s work to better understand the evolving relationship between the physical and digital worlds to reflect on ​​the social, ethical, and scientific aspects of our cities.
MIT Museum

Upcoming Events

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS  

March 29  | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2024
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all. Lecture list for semester. 
Topic: Revolutionizing AV development with foundation models. Speaker: Marco Pavove
Registration.
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)

April 3  | Discussion: Housing the Nation
DUSP faculty Justin Steil and Phil Thompson will discuss America’s affordable housing crisis and suggest various strategies to rectify it.
More information.
MIT Museum
314 Main St. Cambridge
6:00 pm (ET)

April 8  | Department of Architecture Spring 2024 Lectures
"Spaces of Artifice: Interiors and the environment in Islamic Architecture," with Patricia Blessing.
In-person and streamed on YouTube. Complete spring lecture series.
More information.
3-133
6:00 pm (ET)

April 8  | ACT Spring 2024 Lecture Series
Daniel R. Small
"Techne: Evidence in the Anthropocene" 
More information.
Bartos Theater (E-15-070)
6:00 pm (ET)

April 9  | Department of Architecture Spring 2024 Lectures
"Soft," with Leslie Lokko. The Pietro Belluschi Lecture
In-person and streamed on YouTube. Complete spring lecture series.
More information.
Huntington Hall 10-250
6:00 pm (ET)

April 11  | Department of Architecture Spring 2024 Lectures
"How to reduce carbon emission in construction and operation of buildings" with Mattias Schuler.
In-person and streamed on YouTube. Complete spring lecture series.
More information.
Long Lounge (7-429)
6:00 pm (ET)

April 12  | Department of Architecture Spring 2024 Lectures
Celebrate the launch of "Critical Encounters: Nasser Rabbat," the second volume of the Dongola Architecture Series published out of Beirut. A conversation about the importance of homegrown architecture publishing with Sarah Chalabi, co-founder of Dongola publishing house and Raafat Majzoub, editor-in-chief of the series.
More information.
(7-338)
3:00 pm (ET)

May 30  | SA+P Advanced Degree Ceremony
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Kresge Auditorium
11:00 am-12:30 pm

June 17-18  | MIT World Real Estate Forum
Registration and information.


EXHIBITIONS  

Through March 29 | Balconies
Research on eight balconies in eight buildings curated by HONMI, Bryan Wong (SMArchS Urbanism ‘24) and Namhi Kwun (SMArchS Urbanism, MCP ’25).
More information.
Rotch Library (7-238)

Through March 31, 2024 | 20 Years Mapping the [In]visible
An exhibit marking the twentieth anniversary of the MIT Senseable City Lab’s work to better understand the evolving relationship between the physical and digital worlds to reflect on ​​the social, ethical, and scientific aspects of our cities.
More information here.
MIT Museum

Through April 8, 2024 | Sisters in Making: Prototyping and the Feminine Resilience
An exhibit curated by MArch Student Soal Ajienka and and SMArchS student Deborah Tsogbe, the 2023 Women @ MOT Fellows.
More information here.
Rotch Library Gallery

Through May 6  | unboxed city: critical explorations of ai and cities
Exhibition exploring generative AI's potential role, biases, and limitations in shaping cities. 
More information.
East Lobby, MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA

Through May 24 | ACT at the 2nd Diriyah Biennale: "After Rain"
ACT faculty and alumni participating include: Azra Akšamija, Ute Meta Bauer, Joan Jonas, Alida Farid, Marjetica Potrc.
More information.
Riyadh, Egypt

Through Spring 2024 | Objects of AI
An exhibition featuring student work from MIT Architecture studios taught by lecturer Marcelo Coelho.
More information.
MIT Architecture Department Office Hallway Gallery (7-337)

Through Spring 2024 | Stull & Lee: Black Architectural Vision for an Infrastructural City
This exhibition builds the origin story and the city-shaping legacy of the Black-led architecture firm Stull & Lee. Curated by Gabriel Cira '08 (Architecture), James Heard MArchS '22, and Julian Phillips.
More information.
The Designery at YouthBuild Boston

June 17-18  | MIT World Real Estate Forum
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SA+P Wellness Program for Spring Semester 2024
Yoga with Ashley Norwood
Tuesdays 5:30-6:45 pm. Hybrid: 9-450 or online.  | Connect via Zoom here

Virtual exhibitions and activities
ACT lecture archive | Connect here
Department of Architecture lecture channel | Connect here