Matthew Bunza Appointed to MIT Faculty

We’re very happy to share that Matt has joined the MIT faculty again, and will be teaching an M.Arch Core II Architectural Design Studio. The studio project asks students to see the Library as Social Infrastructure, and culminates in the design of a new Branch of the Boston Public Library, centered around Boston’s Chinatown Neighborhood and its diverse community. The studio engages themes of cultural identity, community resilience, deep time, and the use of precedent as a central tool for design research. We will be involving numerous guests, including Aditi Mehta (U Toronto), Garnette Cadogan (MIT MLK Visiting Scholar), members of the Chinatown Community, and many more, and look forward to seeing the students’ work as it develops.

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Upcoming MIT Alumni Lecture

We are excited to share that Metaamo will be part of an upcoming MIT Alumni event that spotlights recent architecture graduates (within the last ten years), and their unique approaches to shaping the profession and future. Please join us, as well as our colleagues and friends from around the world, in what should be a fun and lively discussion.

For more info: https://www.mitarcha.org/mitarcha-events/m10ers-shaping-future

Jinan Urban Design Project Featured in Planning Practice Publication

A low-carbon city project we worked on with MIT and Tsinghua University in Jinan was recently published in the book "Planning Practice: Studios + Workshops 2005-2015" from SA+P Press. The project dealt with Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and urban agriculture, and sought to suggest new building typologies that integrated the vibrancy, flexibility, and community-focused aspects of traditional "villages" into high density, modern developments.

http://dusp.mit.edu/news/planning-practice-studios-workshops-2005-2015

Perimeter City featured in film from MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism

Perimeter City, a project by Matthew Bunza, Andrew Ferentinos, and Max Thelander, is featured in a film by the MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism, a joint program between MIT Architecture and the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning that Matt was heavily involved in.