Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, MIT

Miho is an assistant professor of architecture and urbanism at MIT and is the founder of the Urban Risk Lab. Working on a large, territorial scale with an interest in public spaces and the urban experience, she is known for her work in disaster resilience.

Urban Risk Lab is a cross-disciplinary organization of researchers, designers and decision makers affiliated with MIT – operating at the intersection of risk and disaster, storms and earthquakes, floods and fires, ecology and infrastructure, research and action, addressing the most challenging aspects of contemporary urbanization. The Urban Risk Lab is a place to research and innovate on technologies, techniques, materials, processes, and systems to reduce risk. We develop methods to embed risk reduction and preparedness into the design of the regions, cities and everyday urban spaces to increase the resilience of local communities.