8.0 Public Demonstrations
Forty years ago, in August 1968, the streets of Chicago gave birth to the slogan "The whole world is watching." In this peculiar combination of collective event and mass media, this collision of city and technology, the School recognizes one instance of its design and research agenda. Architecture and urbanism need to channel that level of cultural urgency and attention today, soliciting unexpected audiences and developing new modes of communication and affect.
Architecture at UIC aims to make the metropolis an offer it can't refuse. That's the Chicago Way.
