{"id":675054,"date":"2026-11-04T21:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/675054\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:06:09","slug":"hashim-sarkis-to-conclude-12-year-run-as-mit-school-of-architecture-and-planning-dean-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/675054\/","title":{"rendered":"Hashim Sarkis to conclude 12-year run as MIT School of Architecture and Planning dean | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hashim Sarkis. Image credit: Bryce Vickmark, courtesy MIT SA+P<\/p>\n

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MIT is preparing for a leadership change at its School of Architecture and Planning<\/a>: Dean Hashim Sarkis<\/a> will step down at the end of June 2027, concluding a 12-year tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His departure follows a period of expanded interdisciplinary research, new academic initiatives, and a major architectural transformation on campus. The most visible milestone is the recently completed conversion of MIT\u2019s century-old Met Warehouse into a new hub for architecture, planning, and design, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sarkis also oversaw the launch and expansion of several research centers and programs, including the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, Morningside Academy for Design, and MIT-LUMA Lab, further strengthening connections between architecture, technology, urbanism, and the arts.<\/p>\n

Revisit our Archinect Sessions podcast conversation<\/a> with Hashim Sarkis<\/p>\n

Among his final initiatives is a commitment to full tuition support for students entering multiyear graduate programs beginning in fall 2027.<\/p>\n

Asked which of the changes he helped bring about has meant the most to him, Sarkis remarked: \u201cI do believe education is a right for every student.\u201d<\/p>\n

An architect, academic, and curator of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale<\/a>, Sarkis will reportedly take a sabbatical after leaving the deanship before returning to MIT as a professor and head of the MIT-LUMA Lab.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The university has begun its search for his successor.<\/p>\n

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