Reinventing the City @ MIT: A Planet of Civic Laboratories: The Future of Cities, Information and Inclusion

December 07, 2011  5:30p–7:00p

How are tools like smart phone apps and mobile communications changing the way people experience and interact with the built environment? How will new forms of visualization and simulation inform the planning process? What new skills will urban designers need to integrate ubiquitous technologies into mediated public spaces, and how can we re-interpret key planning tenets - such as the ideas of Lynch, Jacobs and Alexander - in a world of ubiquitous information technology? 

Lecture at 5:30, with reception following.

Category:

lectures/conferences
departmental seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Anthony Townsend, Research Director, Institute for the Future

Location:

TBA

Sponsored by:

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Admission:

Open to the public

For more information:

Contact Ezra Glenn 
617-253-2024 
eglenn@mit.edu