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Material Worlds at MoMA


Location: Online
Role: Curator, Moderator
Size: 50+ Guests, 13 Episodes

Press: Architect’s Newspaper

Material Worlds is an online discussion series hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and organized by architect and educator Lindsey Wikstrom. Each session convenes leading experts and scholars from across disciplines—architecture, material science, ecology, and cultural history—to push beyond conventional boundaries of expertise. Together, they interrogate how building materials are sourced, how those practices affect ecosystems, and how the design field can respond to urgent environmental change.

The series addresses both history and futurity: understanding the past and present of material extraction, labor, and cultural value while envisioning equitable, regenerative approaches for the future. Through examining new academic research, industry practices, and emerging technologies, Material Worlds seeks to establish a shared vocabulary of ecological architecture. Its ultimate aim is to engage and inspire the newest generation of architects to critically reassess the discipline’s role in shaping a sustainable, just, and interconnected built environment.

Commissioned by the Ambasz Institute at the Museum of Modern Art



Material Worlds

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Location: Online
Role: Curator, Moderator
Size: 50+ Guests, 13 Episodes

Press: Architect’s Newspaper

Material Worlds is an online discussion series hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and organized by architect and educator Lindsey Wikstrom. Each session convenes leading experts and scholars from across disciplines—architecture, material science, ecology, and cultural history—to push beyond conventional boundaries of expertise. Together, they interrogate how building materials are sourced, how those practices affect ecosystems, and how the design field can respond to urgent environmental change.

The series addresses both history and futurity: understanding the past and present of material extraction, labor, and cultural value while envisioning equitable, regenerative approaches for the future. Through examining new academic research, industry practices, and emerging technologies, Material Worlds seeks to establish a shared vocabulary of ecological architecture. Its ultimate aim is to engage and inspire the newest generation of architects to critically reassess the discipline’s role in shaping a sustainable, just, and interconnected built environment.

Commissioned by the Ambasz Institute at the Museum of Modern Art