Movement

MIT Architecture Machine Group (Arch Mac)

1967–1985

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Founded 1967 by Negroponte and Groisser at MIT; folded into the MIT Media Lab in 1985 (Negroponte with Jerome Wiesner).

Computation Cybernetics Knowledge

Details

Origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Connections

preceded Paperless Studios (Columbia GSAPP)

Referenced by

Nicholas Negroponte associated with
Gordon Pask associated with
Nicholas Negroponte founded

Sources

Negroponte, Nicholas. The Architecture Machine. The MIT Press, 1970.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "MIT Architecture Machine Group (Arch Mac)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/mit-architecture-machine-group/. Accessed July 17, 2026.