Nicholas de Monchaux led MIT's Department of Architecture through pandemic disruption, establishing impact-driven research, advancing circularity in building design, strengthening department infrastructure, and fostering partnerships like the Tuskegee collaboration.

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Nicholas de Monchaux reflects on his tenure as head of MIT's Department of Architecture (2020–2026), framing leadership as a design problem informed by complexity science. He navigated pandemic disruption, launched Climate Studios integrating research and teaching on circularity and resilience, advanced the department's collaboration with Tuskegee University, and strengthened institutional infrastructure including increased graduate fellowship support and professional degree accreditation. He transitions to become dean of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design.

Reframing leadership as a design problem