Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism

The mission of the MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center of Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) is to establish a new theoretical and applied research platform to create knowledge that can be used to transform the quality of life throughout the urbanized world. LCAU is committed to achieving this goal through collaborative interdisciplinary research projects using design as a mode of inquiry, intellectual discourse, and dissemination through leadership forums, conferences, publications, and teaching.