MIT Department of Architecture
Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research
April 13, 2019, 9 AM - 6 PM
MIT Media Lab, E14, 6th Floor

MIT President Rafael Reif described the "ubiquity of computing and the rise of AI" as a "turning point" that prompted the recent establishment of the new College of Computing at MIT. As MIT celebrates 150 years of architecture education and the School of Architecture and Planning plans its move to the MET Warehouse, we pause to reflect on the present and project futures for education, practice, and research at this critical juncture. Turning Points is an opportunity to reflect, individually and collectively, on the status and stakes of architecture, design, and research. As thinking of the future is always part of an architect's task, we come together to discuss crucial and necessary moments of change, past and present.

Alumni events take place April 12-13, 2019. Alumni, please register here.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019

9:30 AM / REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

10 AM / ENVIRONMENTAL TURN
John Fernandez, Rania Ghosn, Caroline Jones, Sheila Kennedy, Gediminas Urbonas
Moderator: Neeraj Bhatia

11:30 AM / SOCIAL TURN
Azra Akšamija, Timothy Hyde, Lauren Jacobi, Miho Mazereeuw, Ana Miljački
Moderator: Liz Burow

1 PM / LUNCH

2:15 PM / DIGITAL TURN
Marcelo Coelho, Axel Kilian, Terry Knight, Caitlin Mueller, Cristina Parreño
Moderator: Mariana Ibañez

3:45 PM / COFFEE BREAK

4:15pm / FUTURES OF RESEARCH AND PEDAGOGY
Hashim Sarkis and Sarah Whiting in conversation with Mark Jarzombek

5:30 PM / RECEPTION