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.
Our series is featured in Untapped, an open-access architecture platform, and the Local Learning Studio Global Gallery. 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
Spring 2027 public program, to be announced.
Past
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES
Monday, October 20, 2025 / 5:30 – 7:30pm
Decafé, Perloff Hall / University of California, Los Angeles
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES
Monday, October 20, 2025 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
Decafé, Perloff Hall / University of California, Los Angeles
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN NEW YORK
Thursday, October 9, 2025 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
New School University Center, New York
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN NEW YORK
Thursday, October 9, 2025 / 6:30 – 8:30pm
New School University Center, New York
PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND
THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN BRAZIL
Thursday, August 14, 2025 / 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Brazilian Institute of Architects, São Paulo
WORKSHOP: ARCHITECTURE AND
THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN BRAZIL
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
Goethe Institut, São Paulo
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN ARGENTINA
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 / 6:00pm – 8:00pm
CPAU, Buenos Aires
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN ARGENTINA
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
CPAU, Buenos Aires
LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN TORONTO
Thursday, March 21, 2024 / 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN TORONTO
Thursday, March 21, 2024 / 10:00am – 3:00pm
Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto
ROUNDTABLE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE
RIGHT TO HOUSING IN MEXICO
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 / 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Proyector Gallery, Mexico City
Event News and Media
Jardim Lapena Social Housing Proposal by Apparatus Architects and Alvaro Arancibia (2023). (Courtesy Tide Setubal Foundation and BlendLab +Lapena Habitar Program, São Paulo)
Elinbaum, Pablo, Karen Kubey, and Joseph Palumbo. “Arquitectura y derecho a la vivienda en Argentina: Un enfoque de derechos para la vivienda social adecuada” [Architecture and the Right to Housing in Argentina: A Rights-Based Approach to Adequate Social Housing]. Cuadernos LDU, July 2026.
Jow, Tiffany. “Los Angeles Roundtable: Architecture and the Right to Housing.” Untapped, July 1, 2026.
“Architecture and the Right to Housing.” Local Learning Studio, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia Climate School, May 2026.
The Editors, “In Conversation: Architecture and the Right to Housing in New York.” Oculus Magazine, AIA New York, Winter 2026 Issue.
Jow, Tiffany. “New York Roundtable: Architecture and the Right to Housing.” Untapped, April 27, 2026.
Kubey, Karen. “The Right to Housing Is an Architectural Issue, Too.” Untapped, March 16, 2026.
“Un debate sobre la justicia habitacional” [A debate on housing justice]. Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (CPAU), August 2025.
Qiu, Chris. “Architecture and the Right to Housing: A panel of experts gathered to discuss what it takes to make right to housing a reality for all.” Canadian Architect, April 16, 2024.
Calvet, Stephanie. “Architecture and the Right to Housing: A Talk at U of T Daniels.” UrbanToronto, April 3, 2024.