Photo: Ekincioglu, M., The MIT - Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building, Building 55, SAHARA: Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive in collaboration with JSTOR/ITHAKA and funded by the Mellon Foundation, Public Collection, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38760020, last accessed on June 15th, 2025.
As the only expert in architecture and its history, I have held a unique role on the editorial team of SAHARA, a digital architecture resources archive developed by SAH in collaboration with JSTOR/ITHAKA and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for 10 months. With my exemplary expertise in architecture, I have contributed to “SAHARA” with my 2,365 published high-quality architectural, interior, and landscape photographs, and updated its over 3,000 archival items in accordance with its data and cataloging standards by donating my over 300 hours.
The list of my published 2,365 high quality architectural, interior, landscape photographs, please see: http://meralekincioglu.com/collection-5.html, last accessed on June 16th, 2025.
I am very pleased to receive highly positive and supportive messages, comments and feedback from teaching, research and learning communities in architecture with my exemplary contributions to SAHARA.
Guiding its editorial team with my architectural expertise, the following SAHARA Highlights have been researched (visual and textual), written and prepared by me for their publications:
• SAHARA Highlights: Architecture for DEI, SAHARA, Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive, developed by the Society of Architectural Historians in collaboration with JSTOR/ITHAKA and funded by the Mellon Foundation, March 11, https://www.sah.org/about-sah/news/news-detail/2025/03/11/sahara-highlights-architecture-for-dei, last accessed on March 12th, 2025.
• SAHARA Highlights: Design for Food Production, Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive, developed by the Society of Architectural Historians in collaboration with JSTOR/ITHAKA and funded by the Mellon Foundation, December 6, https://www.sah.org/about-sah/news/news-detail/2024/12/06/sahara-highlights-design-for-food-production, last accessed on December 6th, 2024.
• SAHARA Highlights: Climate-Responsive Architecture, SAHARA, Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive, developed by the Society of Architectural Historians in collaboration with JSTOR/ITHAKA, September 16, https://www.sah.org/about-sah/news/news-detail/2024/09/16/sahara-highlights-climate-responsive-architecture, last accessed on September 19th, 2024.
For the MIT - Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building, Building 55 SAHARA published description (researched and written by me):
"The Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building connects with and enhances the iconic Cecil and Ida Green Building (Building 54), creating new headquarters and a gateway entrance for three related departments: MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. As part of the project, the Green Building's primary lecture hall was renovated and improved.
Just inside the doors, the building's lobby, atrium, and exhibition space showcase Earth, environmental, and climate sciences research and education. In addition to the co-located headquarters of EAPS, ESI, and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, the Moghadam Building provides reception and office spaces, conference and study rooms, and classrooms, adding approximately 11,900 square feet of new space. A new seating area – the "Campus Living Room" – offers a welcoming, centrally located space for lingering and collaboration, and the updated Lecture Hall 54-100 has improved accessibility, seating, and teaching technologies. Outside, the exterior of the Moghadam Building is sheathed with an innovative system of wood composite panels overlaid with bracketed glass panels that reflect the surrounding trees and green space.
Reference: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Capital Projects, Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building, Building 55, https://capitalprojects.mit.edu/projects/building-55, last accessed on December 17th, 2024."