MIT Future Fest – Introducing the MET Warehouse

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MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning will open the MET to the MIT community and general public for the first time, with exhibitions, tours, talks, workshops, and hands-on experiences that will showcase work from across SA+P and MIT. Programs throughout the day are organized around four themes: Future of Community | Future of Making + Design | Future of Creativity | Future of Learning. MET Exhibitions With new galleries and public spaces, the MET creates new opportunities for the School of Architecture and Planning to share its work with the wider community. Its inaugural exhibitions bring together work from across SA+P and MIT. Occupancy Presented by the MET Commons, Occupancy is the inaugural all-school exhibition at the MET. Organized around five themes — Ongoing Relations | Footprints | Labor and Trades | Migratory Desires | Polymaths — it explores what it means to move in, take up space, and become neighbors. Curation: Caroline Jones, Mehves Lelic, the MET Commons Polymath MAD’s contribution to Occupancy , Polymath features original work from faculty and students across MIT, ranging from inflatable metal to 3D-printed furniture. During the Open House, visitors can meet featured designers and hear about their work and process. Curation: Mateo Fernandez, John Ochsendorf, Nia Rich, Roi Salgueiro Barrio, MIT MAD About the MET Built to store objects, not people, the century-old Metropolitan Storage Warehouse (the MET) has been transformed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro into