SIGUS: Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement

Massachussetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
SIGUS Office 9-369
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Phone Number:
(617) 253-2402

Fax Number:
(617) 253-8993

Email: 
sigus@mit.edu

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The Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement (SIGUS) links housing and community interests in the Department of Architecture and Department of Urban Studies, focusing on developing areas worldwide. SIGUS explores the new professionalism emerging for architects and planners, and concentrates on service, participation and non-traditional client groups. We offer workshops and short courses, and carry out research and outreach programs stressing participatory methods in promoting affordable and equitable housing. Established in 1984, SIGUS grew out of the rethinking of method, practice, and teaching driven by the rapidly expanding informal sector in both developing and developed countries.

  • Incremental Housing – The New Site And Services | Video
  • We Need Developers!
  • A voice for Muslim women
  • EXPERTS GROUP MEETING AT UN HABITAT, NAIROBI | 2008
  • International Development Fair | September 2010
  • TowerPower – New Research Initiative
  • SIGUS presents project evaluation field research at ETH Zurich
  • Summer Workshop in Solo, Indonesia
  • Incremental Housing Article, Monday Developments Magazine
  • “Prep” Sessions for MIT $1K Competition | 2005
  • “The Humanitarian Bridgebuilder”
  • DESIGN FOR URBAN DISASTERS: PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
  • ‘INVENTOR, DREAMER’, ALUMN ENRIQUE ESPINOSA ’74 OF MEXICO PRESENTS HIS WORK AND HIS RECENT BOOK ‘Distancias Caminable’ (Walkable Urban Design).

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