MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, School of Architecture Planning.

Joined February 2013
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16 Oct 2024
The Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism is hiring an External Engagement Manager! Join our team and contribute to our various projects and initiatives being developed at the Center. Link to full description and application here: lcau.mit.edu/positions #mit #hiring
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25 Sep 2024
NEW PAPER available here: mit-genai.pubpub.org/pub/6ue… The LCAU brought together an interdisciplinary team on a recent paper on using Gen AI for civic engagement.
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25 Sep 2024
The paper argues that successful integration of Gen AI for civic engagement must be powered by people who use their judgment to validate outputs, mitigate potential errors, contextualize results, and build trust between the government and the community.
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19 Jul 2024
After our three-year collaboration with LabCiudades, @motaengilmexico, and the @gobiernoCDMX_ , we are happy to share our new website that showcases work from faculty, students, and staff from @mitarchitecture, @mitsap, @mitdusp, @mitdesignx , and the LCAU.
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19 Jul 2024
Join us and check out the website here: cdmx.mit.edu

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8 May 2024
That is a wrap on Unboxed City! Thank you to everyone who contributed to the project and saw the exhibit in person. Visit unboxedcity.mit.edu to view the full video from inside the exhibit. See you soon for further announcements and news! #ai #genai #urbanism #unboxedcity
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26 Apr 2024
The Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism is hiring a Lecturer-Researcher! Join our team and take advantage of this exciting opportunity to lecture graduate level courses and conduct research under the LCAU starting this Fall semester. #mit #urbanism #hiring
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19 Apr 2024
Come celebrate with us by coming to the closing event for Unboxed City: critical explorations of ai and cities on May 3rd at 5:00 pm in the East Lobby of the MIT Media Lab. Libations will be provided. Hope to see you there! #ai #urbanism #mit #unboxedcity
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9 Apr 2024
This time-lapse represents the physical construction process of the 16'x16' cube of Unboxed City, made of wood, in the exterior, and panels of black acrylic, in the interior. Join us in the East Lobby of the Media Lab any day until May 3rd to experience being inside the black box
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5 Apr 2024
We are excited to announce that the closing event for Unboxed City: critical explorations of ai and cities will be held on May 3rd at 5:00 pm in the East Lobby of the MIT Media Lab. Please save the date and come join us in celebration and conversation. #ai #urbanism #unboxedcity
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Join @BetaNYC & @NYCOfficeofTech’s @NYCAnalytics for NYC School of Data, #NYC's #civictech conference, with sessions unpacking #opendata #servicedesign #PublicInterestTech. We'll have panels, workshops, classes & more! Sat, 3/23, at @CUNYLaw📆 bit.ly/sodata24-tickets 🎟️
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Can generative #AI help planners envision & implement strategies to support & revive the North American Main Street? Over @mit's 2024 IAP, Fadi Haddad led three workshops leveraging ChatGTP's DALL-E to explore this question. More: bit.ly/haddadMainStreet
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5 Mar 2024
In THREE DAYS we kick off the opening of our new exhibition - Unboxed City: critical explorations of ai and cities - with a PARTY! See you at 5pm on March 8th for our celebration reception, including a panel discussion at 5:30pm. For more info, visit unboxedcity.mit.edu/
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4 Mar 2024
THIS FRIDAY we kick off the opening of our new exhibition - Unboxed City: critical explorations of ai and cities - with a PARTY! See you at 5pm on March 8th for our celebration reception, including a panel discussion at 5:30pm. For more information, visit unboxedcity.mit.edu
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29 Feb 2024
We are excited to announce the release of the second version of the Spatial Equity NYC tool, developed in collaboration with Transportation Alternatives, that helps visualize the impacts on various aspects of urban living including mobility, public health, and the environment.
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29 Feb 2024
We want to congratulate our Spatial Equity team, including @datasew, @shumwayhannah, Adi Kupershimdt, Linh Nguyen, Enrique Casillas, and Sebastian Ives. Explore the tool yourself here to see the impacts of car-centric planning throughout New York City: spatialequity.nyc/
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15 Feb 2024
Come to the opening of our exhibition - unboxed city: critical explorations of [ai] and cities - March 8th at 5pm in the East Lobby of the MIT Media Lab and be sure to visit our exhibit from March 8th to May 7th. #ai #urbanism #cities #unboxedcity #generativeai
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8 Feb 2024
Sara Beery was joined by Theodora Dryer, and Tawanna Dillahunt, with Catherine D’Ignazio, @kanarinka, as moderator. Beery had this to say about the divide between practitioners and the public when it comes to who should be using data to envision a just climate future.
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