FAU SOA WELCOMES | SKYLAR TIBBITS | FALL ‘25/SPRING ‘26 LECTURE SERIES

The FAU School of Architecture (SOA) is pleased to welcome Skylar Tibbits, Associate Professor of Design Research in the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-director of the Self-Assembly Lab, as a featured speaker in the school’s 2025–2026 lecture series. Tibbits will present on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 3 p.m. in the Broward County Main Library Auditorium.

Tibbits is an internationally recognized designer and computer scientist whose work explores self-assembly, programmable materials, and novel manufacturing processes at the intersection of architecture, design, and advanced computation. Through the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, he leads research that investigates how materials and environmental forces can be harnessed to produce adaptive structures, 4D printing technologies, and new modes of construction that challenge conventional building methods.

In his lecture, Tibbits will discuss recent projects from the Self-Assembly Lab and related collaborations, highlighting how emerging material systems and computational design techniques are redefining relationships between form, performance, and fabrication. By foregrounding experiments in programmable matter, large-scale installations, and responsive environments, he will demonstrate how architects and designers can engage dynamic processes to imagine more resilient, efficient, and transformative built environments.