Category Peoples

Hey! What’s your Thesis? [Ulises]

Ulises gets down with the old folks in Hey! Thesis #7. Who are you? Ulises Reyes Hey! What’s your thesis? New NORC City- A new typology of co-housing development that can prepare us for an aging world How does thesis make you feel? Part terrified, part excited Draw us a picture of your thesis: Tell us […]

Hey! What’s your Thesis? [Maya]

Maya gets jazzed about toxic lakes in Hey! Thesis #6. And don’t forget, penultimate thesis reviews are this Thursday and Friday, around the dome! Who are you? MT! [Maya Taketani] Hey! What’s your thesis? Creating a giant cut in the landscape so people can see/engage with a toxic lake How does thesis make you feel? […]

Hey! What’s Your Thesis [Rena]

Rena joins us this week to show us how to integrate glitter into your thesis in Hey! Thesis #5 Who are you? A slave to thesis- Rena Yang! Hey! What’s your thesis? A sequencing of atmospheric conditions that taps into the existing hostile environmental conditions How does thesis make you feel? I can’t believe I’ve […]

Hey! What’s your thesis? [Laura]

Laura saves the world! (or post-industrial Buffalo) in Hey! Thesis #4 Who are you? Laura Schmitz Hey! What’s your thesis? An architectural and urban intervention connecting two isolated neighborhoods along the industrial Buffalo River How does thesis make you feel? “Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt”- Kurt Draw us a picture of your thesis: Tell us a […]

Hey! What’s your Thesis? [David]

David Moses talks North Dakotan oil economies and making lots of stuff in Hey! Thesis number 3. Who are you? David Moses   Hey! What’s your thesis? A time capsule of the oil-based economy in Williston, North Dakota.   How does thesis make you feel? Excited and terrified in equal measure.   Draw us a picture of […]

Hey! What’s your thesis? [BB]

The mysterious “BB” gets down with sea monsters and bourbon in our second edition of Hey! What’s your thesis?       Who are you? “BB”   Hey! What’s your thesis? Sea monsters for offshoring the belief of public salvation.   How does thesis make you feel? Like the great emancipation.   Draw us a picture of […]

FRIDAY: Post-MIT Lecture & Round Room Closing

Post-MIT, an architecture alumni series, launches tomorrow with presentations & discussion tomorrow, 5:30 PM, Long Lounge. Lisa Cheng Smith (BSAD ’04): Making It Real: Walking the Line between Commercialism and Experimentation” Lisa Cheng Smith is Creative Director at Areaware, a design-driven gift and housewares brand based in New York City, where she oversees product, imagery, and brand. […]

MIT SA+P Welcomes Dean Hashim Sarkis!

After an extensive search, MIT SA+P has announced our new dean: Hashim Sarkis! See the letter from the provost below: To members of the MIT community:   I am very pleased to send the news that Hashim Sarkis, who is the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at Harvard University’s Graduate School […]

Too Many Architects in the Kitchen: Dumpling Edition

This weekend some of us MIT Architecture students got together and learned how to make dumplings. First, one begins by mixing the filling: shredded pork, cabbage, and some green onion. You must take the filling and center it on the dumpling wrapper. Then comes the hard part, an issue of form. You must decide how […]

Lectures and Symposia and Events, Oh My!

Mark your calendars! In case you missed it, HQ just released our list of upcoming lectures, symposia, and events for the spring semester. I have to say, they’ve really outdone themselves this semester! Not only do we have some flashy names on the calender (i.e. Sylvia Lavin (04-03), Shigeru Ban (02-27), Thom Mayne (04-07), and Sarah Whiting (04-17) but the rest of […]