Houston Futures will host the gathering: City-Making in the 21st Century – Designing Urban Futures this April 12th and 13th.
Students, faculty, alums (Master’s & Certificate), and their guests are invited to attend the event. We’ll have dinner and drinks on Friday evening, and all-day meeting on Saturday at the University of Houston, followed by an evening get-together at the Hines’ pool.
This year includes a special feature as alum and Adjunct Faculty Cindy Frewen-Wellner leads the Saturday meeting on City Making in the 21st Century: Designing Urban Futures. We’ll have a series of brief presentations in the morning, each followed by discussion.
Speakers and topics include:
- Oliver Markley – Role of Images in Cities of the Future
- Lee Shupp – A Street View of Cities of the Future (city as community)
- Todd Gentzel – Scenarios on the Future of Houston
- Rives Taylor – Gulf Coast Resilient City Design: from Buildings to District
- Cindy Frewen-Wellner – Great Urban Divides: Making cities fast and slow, hard and soft
In the afternoon, a sense-making discussion will lead us into an Open Space format where participants are welcome to offer follow-up discussions, and a closing plenary will transition to Dr. Hines’ pool.
For more information on the event and to visit our Houston Futures web page click here. If you’d like to RSVP, please send Dr. Hines an email here.
Can’t wait to see you there!
