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The MIT Department of Architecture is a department in the School of Architecture + Planning, @mitsap. Related: @akpiamit, @actmit, @mitdusp, @medialab
Cambridge, MA
Joined October 2010
RT @MITLIDS: Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating.New study from LIDS Audun Botterud, @saurabhamin, Rahman Khorramfar, and co….
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RT @MIT_CIS: Congratulations to Olivia Wynne Houck (@MITarchitecture) and Natasha Ansari (@MITdusp) for being awarded the 2024 Jeanne Guill….
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Images:.1. Tuskegee University Archives.2-3. Ragland Clay Brick Plant.4-6. Students Surveying Wilcox.7. Ty Skeiky Field Sketches.8. A Lecture by Dr. Kwesi Daniels.9. Lifting the Veil, Booker T Washington. Image Credit: Jabari Canada
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campus. The course explores the architectural survey as a tool for reflecting on material practices through the lenses of race, place, and preservation.
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Over IAP, students in ‘Brick x Brick: Drawing a Particular Survey’ led by Carrie Norman and Adriana Giorgis, traveled to Tuskegee University to explore the legacy of Robert R. Taylor—the first accredited Black architect, MIT graduate, and designer of much of Tuskegee’s historic
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Winter Series: IAP Student Trips 2025.Brick x Brick: Drawing A Particular Survey 🧱📐 .Carrie Norman & Adriana Giorgis. IAP Series 2/3 . #BrickByBrick #Tuskegee #RobertRTaylor
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to foster cohesive creations. Following #datatoprototype methodologies, the students conducted collaborative analysis and discussions, while exploring the union of these various materials. Images: Antón García-Abril . Series: 1/3. #testing #ground #prototypes #composites
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the capabilities of different materials and understand their combined behavior to produce new meanings. The students engaged in the creation of fluid forms in physical space with the use of recycled materials sourced from the vicinity of the testing grounds at a lab in Madrid
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Winter Series: IAP Student Trips 2025.'ECOMPOSITES' PROTOTYPING.Antón García-Abril. The IAP workshop focused on developing a prototype at scale with an architectonic material “ecomposite - (ecological composites)” to push
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Students: Anna Morgan, Anna Savino, Virginia Sun, Tatiana Jiménez, Wing Man Chan, Eunice Ngai, Sam Owen, Oz Fishman, Takumi Kitamura, Thomas Hyo-min King, S M Kaikobad, Ami Kurosaki, Daniela Martinez Chapa. #studiotrip #archiurbanism #mexico #trashtotreasure
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This semester-long collaboration between MIT and UNAM focuses on Bordo Poniente, Latin America’s largest urban waste landfill, as the site for innovative site planning, urban design, energy transition, and/or landscape restoration.
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“Trash to Treasure: Landscape, Planning, Design and Development at Bordo Poniente” was a recent studio trip to Mexico City for the Site and Environmental Systems Planning Practicum.
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Mexico Studio/Practicum IAP Trip.DUSP (MCP) + MIT Architecture (SMArchS Urbanism).Professors: eran ben joseph, Mary Anne Ocampo, Alberto Meouchi;.Teacher Assistant: Daniela Martínez Chapa
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By working with inflatables, students confronted the limitations and possibilities of pneuma—or breath—infusing each project with a sense of life, temporality. Images: (1-3) S Seo, A Suk, S Kang (4-6) R Adkins, N Bunyatov, R Kim (7-9) K Jiang, K Foreman, L Sun, C Dai
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our environments and daily lives, working in teams of three to design using a specific mode of fabrication: inflatables. The exercise challenged students to bring attention to everyday support structures that are typically engineered to be hidden.
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‘How to Design’ introduces undergraduates to fundamental design principles and processes. In this second exercise, students explored the creation of soft systems of support for people or objects. They focused on elements that bear, prop, sustain, frame, and protect within
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"Soft Systems of Support".4.021 How to Design, Fall 2024.Taught by Associate Professor Skylar Tibbits & Teaching Fellow Adriana Giorgis. #howtodesign #inflatables #course #frame #prop
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floating houses of Manaus are envisioned in the spaces between solid architectural elements, fostering engagement and accessibility. This strategy not only enhances public interaction but also contributes to revenue regeneration for long-standing residents.
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The proposals aim to utilize underutilized spaces to create inclusive community venues for artists across diverse age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and disciplines while reflecting the tropical architectural identity of the Amazon region. Public plazas inspired by the
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Manaus centers on the promotion of cultural exchange and the creation of spaces dedicated to supporting artists. Anchored in the context of Sete de Setembro Avenue, the studio emphasizes artistic manifestations as a medium for fostering dialogue and creativity.
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