• Energy Transition Ideathon:

    Join the LCAU and DesignX for the Energy Transition Ideathon in Mexico City, 29-30 May, as part of an ongoing collaboration with Mota-Engil Mexico [Image credit: R.M. Nunes]

  • Rebuilding Beirut at Venice Biennale 2023:

    Explore design proposals from MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning developed in response to the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, supported by the Dar Group [Credit: Matteo Losurdo]

  • Malden River Works:

    Explore the climate resilient waterfront park for all on the Malden River [Credit: Marie Law Adams]

  • Living Heritage Atlas:

    A partnership between the Civic Data Design Lab (CDDL) and Future Heritage Lab (FHL) at MIT and supported by Dar Group [Credit: Ashley Louie]

Urbanism constitutes one of the most complex societal challenges of today’s world. MIT's Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) is motivated by the radical changes in our urbanizing environment, and focuses on the design and planning of large-scale, complex, metropolitan environments.

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