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The Gulf region has undergone several waves of rapid urbanization, and associated patterns of urban-ism. Processes of urbanization in the Gulf may be more advanced than the urban lifeways, livelihoods, and design that should guide them. This symposium, presented by the Aga Khan Program & the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, seeks to redirect the relationship between urbanization and urbanism in the Gulf region through a combination of critical reflection and a creative student-faculty driven agenda.

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by Sharon Smith

S O U M Y E N B A N DYO PA D H YAYSir James Stirl ing Chair in Architecture

University of Liverpool

S A M I A K I R C H N E RArchitecture + Urban Design

Morgan State University

S T E P H E N R A M O SCollege of Environment & Design

University of Georgia

AT T I L I O P E T R U C C I O L IMsheireb Properties Chair in

Architecture, Qatar University

PRESENTERSWELCOME

H A S H I M S A R K I SDean

School of Architecture & Planning, MIT

OPENING REMARKS

S H A R O N S M I T HProgram Head

Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT

CLOSING REMARKS

J A M E S W E S C OATAga Khan Professor, MIT

MARCH 11 , 2016 • 1 :00 - 5 :00 PM • ROOM 1-390

MARCH 12 • 12 :30 - 4 :00 PM • LONG LOUNGE (7-429)

Free & open to the public • 617 253 1400 • e-mail: akpiarch@mit.edu • web; akpia.mit.edu