Architecture Group for Climate Action

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...

  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...

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...