Creative Placemaking
The Heart of a Healthy City
Monday, May 2, 2016 to Friday, May 20, 2016
Hopkins Hall Gallery
Reception: Wednesday, May 11, 4:30-5:30PM
We are six design graduates focused on identifying the heartbeat of the contemporary city. Bringing our diverse backgrounds together, we investigated the transportation system of Columbus with a goal of rethinking, promoting, and proposing a healthy city. Our goal is to reframe how people think about transportation, how they use public space, and their experiences of mobility.
As Bruce Mau states in Massive Change, “It’s not about the world of design, but the design of the world.” Columbus desperately needs to change how we use transportation and we believe design is the most valuable force to begin this evolution.
We show 50 great ideas to start the conversation about how Columbus can be a healthy city. To do this, we have to change our city’s culture by challenging our obsession with the automobile. Let’s take the lead.
Creative Placemaking: The Heart of a Healthy City from Ohio State Design on Vimeo.
The 2016 Barnett Symposium will focus on creative placemaking, a field of practice that intentionally leverages the power of the arts, culture and creativity to serve a community's interest while driving a broader agenda for change, growth and transformation in a way that also builds character and quality of place.