Steaming in Plain Sight

Angela Loescher-Montal is a fourth-year dual degree student at MIT, currently completing her M. Arch and M. S. in Real Estate Development. She is focusing her research on the mediated nature of our urban realm and the increasing privatization of public space. She is also in the process of founding a start-up called Harness the Heat with three friends, which looks at the possibilities of re-channeling sources of wasted heat to heat outdoor spaces in the winter.

Latifa Alkhayat is a Master of Architecture candidate at MIT. Her work delves into the themes of material processes and systems, ecology, resource extraction, and the national narratives that tie them. As an architectural researcher and practitioner, she has experience in Manama, London, and Cambridge.

Ous Abou Ras is a graduate student in the M. Arch program at MIT. He is interested in how math and physical phenomenon can shape our built environment, and practices his intrigue by employing computational workflows. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto where he pursued a double major in Architecture and Physics and studied the ways in which the laws of physics shape our cities and architecture across cultures.