At the end of June I will officially end my ten-year term as dean and I would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to say what a genuine honor and privilege it has been to be a part of this community.
This school is truly extraordinary. I think it’s fair to say that we are distinct from any other school of architecture and planning, anywhere in the world. We are an exploratory culture imbedded in a world-class institution that provides us the opportunity to exchange ideas and inspiration with experts in a vast range of related and seemingly unrelated spheres—opportunities that open our minds to the expanding possibilities of our own endeavors. Because of this extraordinary capacity, we attract extraordinary students, students who are determined to be at the cutting edge of the future, who want to change the world. And they do. They invent new tools that open new possibilities for people at all levels of society. They push the boundaries of their disciplines and even invent entirely new fields of study. They discover new ways of seeing and understanding. They alter the landscape of our lives. And when they leave us, they go on to establish thriving new businesses and non-profits, and to teach and inspire new generations of students to reach for their dreams.
I may be leaving the dean’s office but in no way am I leaving this school. I will be here, watching and learning, teaching and mentoring. But at this moment of transition, I want to thank everyone—faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends—for all your help and support over the past ten years. We have been a good team.
Now onward!
ADÈLE NAUDÉ SANTOS
In January, Adèle Naudé Santos, dean of SA+P since 2004, announced her decision to step down in June. She will stay on the faculty of both the architecture and planning departments and remain deeply involved with the new Center fo...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded MIT's School of Architecture + Planning a $1M grant to help create a Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.
Headed at MIT by SA+P’s Mark Jarzombek, Associate Dean an...
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Hans Scharoun: Architect and Visionary focuses on the graphic art of Hans Scharoun (1893-1972), known today for architecture of profound humanism and expressionism.
Extending from his earliest preserved drawings from 1908 to graphics for posthumous projects, the exhibit includes r...
The MIT Corporation has named the auditorium atop SA+P’s new Media Lab Complex in honor of Alexander W. Dreyfoos '54, a renowned inventor and philanthropist and early advocate for the creation of the Media Lab.
A...
Media Lab professor emeritus Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has won the $540K BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the information and communications technologies category...
Wayne Andersen, professor emeritus of history, theory and criticism of art and architecture, died January 6 at age 85.
Andersen was a scholar, author, lecturer and consultant to corporations and government agencies, with expertise th...
