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.

  • SIGUS Solar Updraft Strategies Presented at ECOCITY Summit in Abu Dhabi
  • Experimental Course | Spring 2008
  • China-US Smart Slope Cities
  • SIGUS invited to participate at MIT Energy Night
  • SIGUS Highlights Program at MIT’s IDF | September 23, 2005
  • Lima 2005 Workshop | 2005
  • “ELECTRIC CITY” SOLAR UPDRAFT TOWERS WORKSHOPS
  • Louisiana Lift House Initiative Started | January 2006
  • Incremental Housing Article, Monday Developments Magazine
  • SIGUS FIJI WORKSHOP II – SUMMER 2013
  • DESIGN FOR URBAN DISASTERS: PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
  • New Hallway Posters for MIT Architecture Open House | 2010
  • San Cayetano Workshop Discussion | 2004
  • A Shelter Strategy for Haiti
  • SIGUS Attends International Disaster IDCE Conference and EXPO in New Orleans

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