On October 10, 2020, MITArchA held an online video event entitled Architecture MIT10-ers Shaping the Future.
The virtual event featured four alumni panelists including: Ana Vargas, SMArchS '14 of Trazando Espacios, Catherine Winfield, MArch '13 of the Chan Zuckerberg Initative, Matthew Bunza, MArch '13 founder of Metaamo, Sunnie S. Y. Lau, MArch '13 of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node. (Read full bios here.) The event was oriented towards recent graduates and young practitioners.
Ana Vargas started the event by describing her pioneering work in participatory design, and showed recent design projects in her native Venezuela. She was followed by Catherine Winfield of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, who explained her non-traditional career path and her work in design technology.
Matthew Bunza, founder of Metaamo Studio described the impact that MIT had on his career before diving into the work of his office, which he explained as working between high design projects and high social impact work. Sunny Lau described her work in Community-Driven innovation with the MIT-Hong Kong Innovation Node, which works to understand how technology impacts urban environments using participatory design methods.
The event concluded with a question-and-answer session. Attendees asked multiple thoughtful questions.
Note: Video of the event will be made available to registered members of MITArchA on a separate members page.