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MIT Architecture is pleased to announce our fall 2023 public program; a continuing conversation on where we are now, centered on our department’s convergence of design, practice, and research. 

MIT researchers have published details of a new open-source forced-air evaporative cooling chamber. Described as being less expensive than refrigerated cold rooms, the chamber is intended to offer accessible cold storage for smallholder farmers, as well as significantly reduce post-harvest...

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

MIT D-Lab and the Building Technology program released an open-source design for a novel forced-air evaporative cooling chamber for fruit and vegetables, which could enhance food security and smallholder farm income in arid regions.

To support the worldwide struggle to reduce carbon emissions, many cities have made public pledges to cut their carbon emissions in half by 2030, and some have promised to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Five speakers at a recent public panel discussion hosted by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and introduced by Deputy Director for Science and Technology Robert Stoner tackled one of the thorniest, yet most critical, questions facing the world today: How can we achieve the ambitious goals set by governments around the globe, including the United States, to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by mid-century?

A panel hosted by the MIT Energy Initiative discussed areas where new or improved technologies or systems are needed to meet the ambitious goals set by governments around the globe, including the United States, to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by mid-century.

The final step involves the assembly of the available forks and linear elements to build the structure. The tree-fork-based joints are all irregular, and combining them with the pre-cut, straight wooden elements could be difficult; however, they’re all labelled.