Imagining A Sustainable Downtown through a Model Building Excercise

by Damien Newton on June 5, 2008

When
June 7, 2008 - June 8, 2008
Where
7th and Figueroa Shopping Center Second Floor Los Angeles, CA.
More Info
http://www.downtownla.com/openhouse/index.php/sponsor/infoshow.

As part of Downtown's LA Open House, James Rojas will create a sustainable model for downtown LA.  Imagining Downtown is a weekend long interactive public project inviting participants to imagine, and develop innovative land use and transportation elements in a model form based on their personal experiences. Participants will be provided with a medley of recycled  materials, and invited to create their ideal urban form on an oversized plat of Downtown LA.

This City-building event allows participants to think of planning goals in physical terms and understand the diverse voices in planning. Playing and visualizing with the 3-dimensional forms engages people of all ages and ethnic groups. This model will be constantly changing through the weekend as participants' work builds upon the contributions of everyone.

Participants will be able to understand the city as not only a place but as comprehensive urban art form.