MIT Architecture

“It is the aim of this School to do what it can, in its day and generation, to insure that the Architecture of the future shall be worthy of the future," wrote architect and founding Professor William Robert Ware in his Outline of a Course of Architectural Instruction.

“The classroom is where I practice and cultivate a kind of utopia with my students, in the best possible sense,” Miljacki says.

Rosalyne Shieh / Marion Mahony Emerging Practitioner Fellow Hans Tursack / Pietro Belluschi Teaching Fellow

For the project in Peru, the team visited the archaeological complex on two occasions for several weeks in mid-2017 and early 2018. At the site, more than 9,000 images were collected through panoramic cameras, photogrammetric scanning tools, and drones.

As dean, de Monchaux was known for his ability to nurture dialogue, to forge consensus, and to build bridges between SA+P and other schools at the Institute. Professor Julian Beinart, who co-taught many urban design studios with de Monchaux, reflected on his colleague’s studio technique: “John always took the epistemologically cool position: Let’s think about your proposition, let’s untie the knots of your argument, to the extent we can, let’s see if we can reframe some of the parts, let’s see where that takes us.”