Prof. Huma Gupta

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Primary DLC

Department of Architecture

MIT Room: 10-390

Research Summary

As a practitioner, Dr. Gupta has worked on infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, municipal planning in Syria, eviction prevention and homelessness in the greater Boston area, and humanitarian response to housing needs for persons displaced due to climate, conflict, and development projects around the world. And she is currently producing a feature documentary film titled 'She Was Not Alone' about a nomadic woman fighting to stay with her beloved animals in the rapidly disappearing Iraqi marshes. The film project, directed by Hussein al-Asadi, was selected in the 80th Venice Film Festival's Final Cut Lab, Doha Film Institute's First Cut Lab, and Red Sea Film Festival's Souq. It is scheduled to premiere in 2024.

Recent Work