Imagining Future Cities: Civic Visions

Name: Imagining Future Cities: Civic Visions
Start: 2025-09-10T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 300 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0347, United States

Schedule

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

300 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0347, United States | Minneapolis, MN

What do we learn about ourselves from our dreams of future cities?
A wide-ranging panel conversation on civic visions of the future city with city leaders and scholars in architecture, urban planning, and public policy. The panel conversation will take place in the Coffman Theater, with a reception to follow at the Weisman Art Museum, with light refreshments and cash bar.
Featured speakers: Former Minneapolis mayor, R.T. Rybak; MIT Vice Provost and professor of Urban Design and Public Policy, Brent Ryan; and principal and president of the firm VJAA and head of the U of M School of Architecture, Jennifer Yoos; and exhibition curator Dingliang Yang; moderated by U of M professor of Architecture and director of the Minnesota Design Center, Thomas Fisher.