CURRENT LECTURES & EVENTS

 

Spring 2009
An Evening With...
Lecture Series & Other Events

Unless noted, events are on Mondays at 5:30 pm
in MIT room 3-133 (map)
Unless noted, events are free and open to the public

Access to the HTC@MIT Calendar
Includes all Architecture Department and Department of Urban Studies activities, as well the MIT Galleries exhibits.

March 9
“Islamabad:
The Making of a ‘City of the Future’ 1959-1963”
Ahmed Zaib Khan Mahsud
AKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral Fellow
Abstract & Bio

March 16
“Arabian Nights Architecture:
The Adoption of Fantasy Middle Eastern Design
in Constructing Indonesian and Malaysian Identities”
Sarah Moser
AKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral Fellow
Bio

April 6
“Planning Jerusalem:
Between Ottoman and Colonial Modernity”
Salim Tamari
AKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral Fellow
Bio

April 13
2008-09 Aga Khan Travel Grant Presentations
MIT Students Recipients of the Travel Grant Award
Zehra Ali: Study of Innovations in Building Energy Efficiency in Northern Pakistan, Zameer Basrai: A Study in Architectural Identity of Ismaili Philanthropic Institutions in Contemporary Bombay,
Christian Hedrick: German-Austrian Influences in 19th Century Cairo, Anneka Lenssen: Pioneers and Primitives: Painting from Syria, 1960-1970. Alexa Rosenberg: Managing Evolution in a Prominent African NGO: Lessons from Enda Tiers Monde in Dakar, Senegal

Saturday, April 18

Workshop:
Water in Architecture, Landscape + Urbanism
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
MIT 9-250 (map)
Not open to the public. .

Saturday, April 25

Workshop:
Exploring the Role of History
in Contemporary Architectural Practice
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Bush Room 10-105 (map)
Free and open to the public

_________________________________________________________