This lecture explores the public and civic work of Marlon Blackwell Architects, highlighting how their projects across scales and contexts blend architecture’s universal language with a strong sense of place. Framed by the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale’s U.S. Pavilion, it examines the porch as a powerful architectural concept and positions architecture as a civic practice rooted in, for, and sometimes provocatively outside of its context.

Huê-Tâm Jamme will present research exploring the deep behavioral roots and long-term impacts of U.S. car dependence on individual well-being and social equity.