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Architecture Group - MIT Alumni for Climate Action (MACA) March 2026 News

  Photo: The MIT Maclaurin Buildings (William Welles Bosworth, 1913-16),*  Cambridge, MA, March 17, 2026. (photo credit: Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D.) 1. Guiding Climate Action Initiatives Following the February 2026 online meeting, Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D., Architecture Group founding leader shared a set of 5–6 targeted questions with each participant to clarify and begin the Group’s climate action initiatives. These questions reflected topics raised during the February meeting, including: passive house design, energy-efficient buildings, advance building codes, bridging gaps between technical experts, the public, and local governments, addressing policy gaps, community-level climate mitigation initiatives, next-generation building automation for climate-resilient architecture, disaster management strategies, climate-proof infrastructure, identifying country-specific challenges, and using documentary filmmaking and visual storytelling to translate architectural issues into public a...
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The Published Summary of Architecture Group-MACA Inaugural Breakout Session

Architecture Group Inaugural Breakout Session:  Climate Action Through Design Leadership and MIT Values This is the published summary of the Architecture Group's inaugural breakout session, covering its core objectives as well as short- and mid-term goals. See:  Ekincioglu, M., 2026,  “Architecture Group Inaugural Breakout Session: Climate Action Through Design Leadership and MIT Values”,  in  MACA Newsletters, 2026 Issues - February Annual Meeting Issue, https://maca.earth/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MACA-Newsletter-Issue5.pdf, pp. 4-5, last accessed on February 26, 2026. Photo. credit: The original Rogers Building,  MIT's first home , designed by William Gibbons Preston, from the exhibition, Imagining New Technology: Building MIT in Cambridge. (Photo credit: Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D.) .. Meral Ekincioglu,  Ph.D. . The Architecture Group, announced in the MACA December 2025 Newsletter and led by Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D., held its inaugural breakout sessio...
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Architecture Group-MIT Alumni for Climate Action (MACA) First Group Meeting Notes

  The Architecture Group-MIT Alumni for Climate Action Group Meeting, February 23, 2026  From Vision to Action . . The core objective of the Architecture Group-MACA  is  to establish a discipline-grounded framework aligned with MIT’s and MACA’s climate action mission, and to advance measurable climate impact by positioning architecture as a central integrative agent in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. . In our group meeting, we discussed with participants from architecture, urban design, the next generation building automation, engineering, chemistry, and documentary filmmaking the problems they consider most urgent at the intersection of architecture and climate change, as well as which topics they think the group should prioritize in this context. . Summary of key points . • Harness the MIT alumni network as a collective engine for the group to bridge high-impact gaps in MIT’s climate initiatives and generate practical climate solution...
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Architecture Group-MIT Alumni for Climate Action: From Vision to Action

Architecture Group-MIT Alumni for Climate Action:  From Vision to Action The Group’s First Meeting - Published Public Announcement * We are pleased to invite you to our first online group meeting on February 23, 2026. Photo. credit: The original Rogers Building,  MIT's first home , designed by William Gibbons Preston, from the exhibition, Imagining New Technology: Building MIT in Cambridge. (Photo credit: Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D.) Announced in the MACA December 2025 Newsletter and led by Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D. (1), the Group held its inaugural breakout session during the MACA 2026 Annual Meeting on January 18, 2026. While the building sector is a leading source of global carbon emissions, MIT’s current and initial climate framework does not specifically address the discipline and professional practice of architecture. (2). However, MIT is the home of the oldest architectural course of study in the U.S. (3) and the MIT School of Architecture and Planning has a legacy of...
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Architecture Group - MIT Alumni for Climate Action (MACA) Breakout Session in January 2026

          https://maca.earth/members/, last accessed on January 18, 2026. The G roup’s  inaugural breakout session was held at MACA’s Annual Meeting on January 18, 2026. Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D., Founding Leader of the Group facilitated this session. Her presentation record will be posted soon. 
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Published Invitation: Architecture Group – MIT Alumni for Climate Action (MACA)

“ New MACA Architecture Group  (1) . By Meral Ekincioglu The MIT Lobby 7, Cambridge, MA. (Photo: Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D.). . We are thrilled to announce the formation of a new working group within MACA, dedicated to Architecture & Climate Action, and we warmly invite you to join us in shaping  its  vision, projects, and events. This group will be led by MACA affiliate, Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D., who was a visiting scholar in the MIT Department of Architecture. . MIT is home to the oldest architecture school in the U.S. and has a remarkable legacy of shaping the built environment through  teach ing, research,  and innovative design. Building on this legacy, it is time for us to advance collective climate action in architect ure and urban design. As climate change accelerates, establishing the MACA’s Architecture & Climate Action working group is a crucial step toward MACA’s mission of driving measurable impact at the intersection of architecture and climate...
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