Date/Time
Date(s) - September 18, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Loranger Architecture Exhibition Space
The SACD will hold the first event in its Dialogues@SACD series, titled “Community Repair: Development, Demolition, and Resurgence of Oakland Avenue,” on Friday, Sept. 18, from 4-6 p.m., in the Loranger Architecture Building Exhibition Space.
This conversation between Wil Marquez, executive director of Detroit Collaborative Design Center, and Natosha Tallman, program director of Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, will explore the role of design and community collaboration in support of urban development and food sovereignty in Detroit.
Dialogues@SACD invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and interested Detroit communities to learn together and discuss pressing concerns impacting the built environment and community development in the region and globally.
In 2026-27, Dialogues@SACD topics will explore:
- How should architecture and community development be practiced today—during a period of conflict and transition?
- Climate catastrophe and geopolitical upheavals changing the landscape of the world in long-lasting ways that are concrete and spatial.
- What practices do built environment professionals need to hone to make positive impacts in the short- and long-term?
Future Events:
Oct. 21, 5-6:30 p.m.
“El Patio de Mi Casa” (The Patio of My House)
Film Screening & Conversation
Lucas Hoops, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Corte por Fachada
Blanmi Núñez Torres, Ambulante AC, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Oct. 23, 4-6 p.m.
SACD Thesis Alumni Roundtable
SACD M.Arch alumni discussing connections between thesis research and careers.
Register for Sept. 18 conversation.
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