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

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