Upcoming Events

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

April 10  | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2026
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Registration required
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)

April 14 |  Civil Rights Immersion Trek with DUSP and MIT Sloan students
A brief presentation and discussion on a recent visit to several sites of the American Civil Rights movement. This year, 20 students participated in this annual student-organized trip. Lunch provided.
9-255 (City Arena)
12:30-2:00 pm

April 14 | Film Screening + Design Panel
A screening of the film "General Magic" followed by a panel discussion with Tony Fadell, Megan Smith '86, SM '88, David Sloo, and filmmaker Sarah Kerruish, who will share their personal insights into this tech tale.
In collaboration with MIT Sloan Design Club
Information
45-230
5:00 pm

April 14 | Spring 2026 MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Bill Rankin will discuss his latest book, His latest book, Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World 
Presented with the History, Theory + Criticsim program 
Information
7-429 and Live Link
6:00 pm

April 16 | Spring 2026 MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Ali Mangera. Presented with the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT
More information 
7-429 (Long Lounge)
6:00 pm (ET)

April 17  | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2026
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Registration required
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)

April 21 | Spring 2026 Urbanism Lecture Series: GEO-MATTERS
Jane Mah Hutton
Information and registration (encouraged for food count)
7-429
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)

April 23 | Spring 2026 MIT Architecture Lecture Series
The MIT-NOMAS Lecture: Curry J. Hackett
Information
7-429 and on YouTube
6:00 pm

April 24 | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2026
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Registration required
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)

April 30 | Spring 2026 MIT Architecture Lecture Series
The 31st Pietro Belluschi Lecture: David Chipperfield
Information
10-250 (Huntington Hall) and on YouTube
6:00 pm


EXHIBITIONS  

April 3 - April 24 |  Juke: Built Off the Record
Work by graduate architecture student C Jacob Payne. 
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Wiesner Student Art Gallery
MIT Stratton Center

Through May 10 |  "Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self"
ACT director Azra Akšamija's work is presented in an exhibition that examines how photography has served across time as a tool for self-expression and reinvention, enabling artists to question and challenge notions of personal identity.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Through May 23 |  Azra Akšamija in "Rug Life"
Showcasing the work of 14 artists from around the world, including ACT Director Azra Aksamija, the exhibition explores themes of identity, displacement, and cultural memory through innovative textile techniques.
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Pratt Manhattan

Through Spring 2026 | Future Type
Research from the MIT Media Lab's Future Sketches group aims to help us “see” code by using it to make artistically controlled, computer-generated visuals.
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MIT Museum

Through August 2026 | The Equator Has Moved:  Renée Green at Dia Beacon
ACT's Renée Green's major solo presentation.
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Dia Beacon
Beacon, NY

Through Spring 2027 | Janet Echelman:  Remembering the Future
This large-scale installation by 2022-2024 MIT Distinguished Visiting Artist Janet Echelman, was developed during her residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST). Architect, engineer and MIT Associate Professor Caitlin Mueller collaborated on the development of the piece.
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MIT Museum

Ongoing | Case Studies for Truly Public Housing
Chris Moyer MCP '22, MArch '22 and Suzanne Schindler, a former SA+P visiting lecturer, focus on the Cambridge Housing Authority in Massachusetts examining how the CHA performed a series of contradictory maneuvers to completely overhaul their deteriorating housing stock. 
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National Public Housing Museum
Chicago, IL

Ongoing | HOOPcycle 
A mobile art installation conceptualized by Architecture's Rafi Segal and artist Marisa Morán Jahn (SMVisS '07).
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National Public Housing Museum
Chicago, IL

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Virtual exhibitions and activities

SA+P Wellness Program:  Yoga and Mindfulness
Tuesday 5:30-6:45 pm in-person (9-255) and online via Zoom
Feb. 3-Mar. 24 and Apr. 14-May 26

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