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The Princeton University School of Architecture’s Fall 2026 public programs brings together architects, scholars, and designers working across diverse geographies and disciplines. The season began with lectures by Tokyo-based Go Hasegawa, who joins the School as a visiting faculty member this semester, and Isidoro Michan-Guindi, an alumnus whose practice is based in Mexico City.
On October 13, MoMA’s Martino Stierli will be in conversation with Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Esra Akcan for “Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa.” On October 29, Lucia Allais, Michael Faciejew, and Forrest Meggers along with contributors will mark the launch of After Concrete: Rethinking the Dynamics of a Material in a roundtable discussion. Programs continue into November with lectures by Italian architect Francesca Torzo on November 5, Alice Casey and Cian Deegan of Dublin’s TAKA Architects on November 12, and Mariam Issoufou of the eponymous practice based in Niamey, Niger and New York City on November 19.
The exhibition Earth Shed, designed by Erin Besler, Assistant Professor of Architecture at Princeton, will remain on view at the School through December 4. An interactive workshop in conjunction with the exhibition takes place November 14 at the Princeton University Art Museum.
All events in the series are free and open to the public.
Lectures
6pm, Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building
*unless otherwise noted
September 3: Go Hasegawa
Director, Go Hasegawa and Associates
September 17: Isidoro Michan-Guindi
Taller Isidoro Michan-Guindi
October 13* at 5pm: Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
Martino Stierli in Conversation with Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Esra Akcan
In collaboration with Media + Modernity with Anna Arabindan-Kesson (Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies & Department of Art and Archaeology), Martino Stierli (Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art), and Esra Akcan (Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Architecture, Cornell AAP)
October 29: After Concrete: Launch and Roundtable
with Lucia Allais, Michael Faciejew, Forrest Meggers and Discussants
November 5: Francesca Torzo
Founder and Owner, Francesca Torzo Architetto
November 12: Alice Casey and Cian Deegan
Founders/Directors, TAKA Architects
November 19: Mariam Issoufou
Mariam Issoufou Architects; Professor and Chair of Architecture Heritage and Sustainability, ETH Zurich
Lectures made possible by the Jean Labatut Memorial Lectures in Architecture and Urban Planning Fund.
Exhibition
Earth Shed, in process and on view: September 18 to December 4, 2026
Princeton School of Architecture
Exhibition opening: October 1, 6-8pm
Free and open to all
Exhibition workshops
Groundbreaking: September 18–19, 12–2:30pm
Open to SoA Students, Faculty, and Staff
How to Build from the Ground Up: October 9, 12–2:30pm
Open to the Princeton University community
Earth City Building Workshop: November 14, 1–4:30pm
In collaboration with Princeton University Art Museum; free and open to the public and designed for all ages.
Virtual Open House
November 2, starts at 1pm
For prospective graduate students
