Programs
Through local and international public programs and convenings, the Architecture and Housing Justice Lab brings together architects, scholars, community leaders, government officials, and people with lived experience, forging connections between housing justice and architecture.
Architecture and the Right to Housing
This Pan-American series convenes public keynote lectures and private workshops in Mexico City, Toronto, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, New York, and Los Angeles. The programs surface urgent questions on housing justice and the role of architecture, highlight promising local examples, mobilize Canadian research abroad, and seed further collaboration.
Proceedings will be published in Untapped, an open-access architecture platform. Programs are sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Irving Grossman Fund in Affordable Housing, Untapped, and local partners.
Upcoming
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY
Thursday, October 9, 2025 / 6:30 – 8:30pm
Room UL104 / New School University Center, New York, NY
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES
Monday, October 20, 2025 / 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Decafé, Perloff Hall / UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Past
PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND
THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN BRAZIL
Thursday, August 14, 2025 / 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Brazilian Institute of Architects, São Paulo, Brazil
WORKSHOP: ARCHITECTURE AND
THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN BRAZIL
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 / 10am – 3pm
Goethe Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN ARGENTINA
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 / 6pm – 8pm
CPAU, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN ARGENTINA
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
CPAU, Buenos Aires, Argentina
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN TORONTO
Thursday, March 21, 2024 / 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN TORONTO
Thursday, March 21, 2024 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN MEXICO
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 / 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Proyector Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico