Upcoming Events
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LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
February 27 | 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)
March 2 | AKPIA Spring 2026 Lecture Series: An Evening With...
“I Light Fire to the Tradition" – Radical Art Practices in 1960s Iraq, with Elizabeth Rauh, AKPIA postdoctoral fellow; assistant professor of Modern Art History and Visual Cultures, The American University in Cairo.
3-133 or live stream here
6:00 pm (ET)
March 3 | CRE Research Seminar
Seminars feature distinguished scholars in the real estate finance field and provide a rigorous discussion platform for basic research.
Information and Zoom link
9-217
11:30-12:30 pm (ET)
March 3 | Spring 2026 Urbanism Lecture Series: GEO-MATTERS
John May (Harvard GSD)
Information and registration (encouraged for food count)
7-429
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)
March 5 | Self-Housed: Rethinking Design Practice in a Craft-Oriented Future
A lecture with Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper, partners in the interdisciplinary practice Stephen Burks Man Made. Sponsored by MIT MAD and Department of Architecture.
Information
7-429 (Long Lounge)
6:00 pm (ET)
March 6 | 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)
March 9 | ACT guest lecture: The Data Center Does Not Exist
Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo examine AI infrastructure through exocapitalism.
Information
E15-070
6:00 pm (ET)
March 12 | Spring 2026 MIT Architecture Lecture Series: Jeanne Gang
In collaboration with the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism.
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7-429 (Long Lounge)
6:00 pm (ET)
EXHIBITIONS
March 9-22 | Max Cheever SMACT '27 | Contents
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E15-095 (ACT Gallery)
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 March 13 | The Obligation of the Circle
An exhibition by Christopher Joshua Benton SMACT ’23
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Baró O-Contemporary
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Through March 28, 2026 | Treaties on De-Fences
An exhibition by Jorge Otero-Pailos PhD '01 (Architecture)
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Onera Foundation/New Canaan, CT
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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