Global Commons and New Ecologies: The Inaugural Convening of the MIT-LUMA Lab
The Inaugural Convening of the MIT-LUMA Lab
- Location
Wednesday, April 2: Media Lab 6th Floor (E14-648)
Thursday, April 3: ACT Cube (E15-001)
- Links
Register on Eventbrite. This event is free and open to the public.
- Topics
- Biobased Materials
- Bioregional Systems
- Circularity
- Climate Adaptation
- Construction Ecologies
- Fabrication
- Ecology
- Interspecies
- Resilience
- Textiles
- Description
A landmark collaboration between the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and the LUMA Foundation, the MIT-LUMA Lab will champion research, creative practice, and pedagogy that address regional and global climate challenges. The lab will operate at the nexus of climate science, technology, art, ecology, and design.
The MIT-LUMA Lab’s inaugural convening, Global Commons and New Ecologies, will feature public presentations, film screenings, and celebrations. Speakers from MIT, LUMA, and beyond will elaborate on the Lab’s mission to design for climate resilience and forge new paths for collaboration through research, practice, and innovation.
Schedule
Wednesday, April 2
- 4:15pm
4:15 PM
Kickoff: Dean Hashim Sarkis, MIT School of Architecture and Planning- 4:30-5:30pm Environment in Practice
Caroline A. Jones, Professor in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art program at MIT
Caroline Murphy, Clarence H. Blackall Career Development Assistant Professor in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art program at MIT
Raphaël Billé, Program Director, Tour Du Valat
Martin Guinard, Curator, LUMA Arles
Salma Mochtari, Associate Researcher, LUMA Arles
Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Artistic Director, LUMA Arles.- 5:30-6:30pm
Introducing the MIT-LUMA Lab: Welcoming Remarks from MIT, SA+P, and LUMA Foundation Leadership
- 6:30-7:30pm
Toast and Celebration
Thursday, April 3
- 10:15pm
Welcome from Dean Hashim Sarkis and Maja Hoffmann, Founder and Executive President, the LUMA Foundation
- 10:45-11:45 am
Skylar Tibbits, Co-Director, Self-Assembly Lab, and Associate Professor of Design Research at MIT
Raphaël Billé, Program Director, Tour Du Valat
Jan Boelen, Senior Design Consultant, Atelier LUMA
Axelle Gisserot, Textile Designer, Atelier LUMA
Christophe Guberan, Product Designer, Studio Guberan.- 12-12:30pm
Artist Talk: Nida Sinnokrot, Associate Professor in Art, Culture, Technology at MIT
- 12:30-1:30pm
Lunch Break
- 1:45-2:45pm
Svafa Grönfeldt, Faculty Director, MITdesignX, and Professor of the Practice, MIT SA+P
Marc-Antoine Baïssas, Chief Financial and Impact Officer, LUMA Arles
Marcelo Coelho, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, and Director, Design Intelligence Lab at MIT
Lucas Hoffman
Katheen D. Kennedy, Senior Director, Horizon, MIT Sloan School of Management.- 3-3:30pm
Verena Paravel COSMOFONIA Work-in-Progress Screening and Talk
- 3:45-4:45pm
Realizing Artistic Visions
Gediminas Urbonas, Associate Professor, Art, Culture, and Technology, MIT
Victoria Hindley, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Art, Architecture, and Design, MIT Press
Flora Katz, Curator, LUMA Arles
Manuela Lucà-Dazio, Executive Director, The Pritzker Architecture Prize, honorary professor, Tongji University, and former Executive Director, Department of Visual Arts and Architecture, La Biennale di Venezia
Selby Nimrod, inaugural Director of Exhibitions and Commons, MIT SA+P
Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Artistic Director, LUMA Arles