Join the Detroit Institute of Arts and Midtown Detroit, Inc. for presentations by the three finalists of the DIA Plaza | Midtown Cultural Connections Design Competition. The DIA Plaza | Midtown Cultural Connections Design Competition will help realize the vision of a gathering place in Midtown Detroit that welcomes everyone and establishes connections between Detroit’s arts and cultural institutions--inspiring an inter-connectivity between our institutions and our citizens.

Each team will give an in-depth presentation of their design ideas, followed by a Q & A session with the jury & members of the public in the DIA's historic Rivera Court.

10:00-11:30 a.m. - Mikyoung Kim Design

1:00-2:30 p.m. - TEN x TEN

3:00-4:30 p.m. - Agence Ter

The winning team will be announced in Spring 2019. Entrance to this event is free with online registration:

https://bit.ly/2FgbWtW

The presentations will also be live streamed on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/midtownculturalconnections

This is the culminating event of the Student Design Summit where the student design team winners will be announced and the top 10 projects will be showcased.

What it Takes to Make the Cultural District Run @ Wayne State University Welcome Center- 42 W. Warren, Detroit, MI 48202

This event will give participants the opportunity to get insight from the people who make sure the Cultural District is a safe and engaging place to live, work and visit every day. Specialists will be available to discuss the following topics as related to the Cultural District: personal safety/security, local history, facilities & site operations, narrative / videography,  previous and on-going revitalization efforts and programming, engagement efforts, transportation and mobility, design and natural environment considerations. 

Please come prepared with clarifying questions for your own project.

Dinner and light refreshments will be available at this event! 

Please email studentdesignsummit2018@gmail.com with any questions!

**PLEASE NOTE SCHEDULE CHANGE- Event now begins @ 6:00 p.m.

Perspectives on the DIA and Cultural Center : an opportunity for student teams to hear from stakeholder institutions and ask questions about what kinds of changes different cultural institutions would like to see in the district @ College for Creative Studies, Ford Campus, room W217 in the Walter B. Ford II Building

The event will be live streamed HERE

For more information, please reach out to the Student Design Summit staff 

Named the world’s most influential architect by TIME magazine, Sir David Adjaye OBE is a leading voice on design and architecture’s role to influence change and create social solutions.  On October 16th, Adjaye will be speaking at the DIA  about the pressing social responsibility of those who design public spaces.  

Adjaye will be joined by Michael Van Valkenburgh, landscape architect of the Obama Presidential Centre and winner of the international design competition to transform Detroit’s West Riverfront Park. The conversation will be moderated by Jamie Bennett, Executive Director at ArtPlace America, New York, NY.

October 16 | 5-6PM
Detroit Film Theatre

Admission is free, but registration is required. Please go to: https://www.dia.org/events/future-museums-public-spaces-and-parks

Co-sponsored by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, University of Michigan, College for Creative Studies, Midtown Detroit, Inc. and the Detroit Institute of Arts as part of the DIA Plaza | Midtown Cultural Connections Design Competition.

Join the Detroit Institute of Arts and Midtown Detroit, Inc. as they host the three finalist design teams--Agence Ter, Mikyoung Kim Design, and TEN x TEN -- for a public workshop at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History | Community Artist Gallery.

This will be an open house format in which each team will design a unique engagement station to solicit input and feedback from the public. The evening will begin with a short overview presentation to orient the audience for the goals of the evening. PLEASE NOTE: each team will be located in the same room.

Light refreshments will be served.

REGISTER HERE

Location:
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History | Community Artist Gallery
315 E. Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202

Parking:

• The DIA Parking Lot | Located on John R. St., south of Kirby St. and north of Warren Ave. Daily parking rate is $7; cash and credit cards are accepted.

• The Rackham Parking Structure | Located on Warren Ave, East of Warren and West of Woodward Ave. Daily parking rate is $8; credit cards only.

• Metered parking on the street

For More Information:
Call 313-420-6000 or email Annmarie Borucki at aborucki@midtowndetroitinc.org

The DIA Student Design Summit is a call for ideas to make the area around the DIA museum more user-friendly, active and welcoming. How do people enter the museum? What is inside the museum? How do I get to other area attractions? Can the art come outside? What is a civic center / arts district in the 21st century? These are just a few of the questions that can be explored by your submission. 

Open to all students whom are currently enrolled in a Michigan high school, college, or university. Teams are strongly encouraged. 

For more information, check out the overview HERE.

You can read the press release HERE.

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Midtown Detroit, Inc. (MDI) are pleased to announce that eight finalists have been selected to move forward in the "DIA Plaza and Midtown Cultural Connections" design competition. 44 submissions representing over 10 countries and 22 cities from around the world were received. 

The eight finalists will make 90-minute public presentations in the DIA's Danto Lecture Hall on June 13 and 14.

To register for the June 13 and 14 public presentations, you will be redirected to our Eventbrite site HERE.

The registration deadline is Monday, June 11.

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Midtown Detroit, Inc. (MDI) are pleased to announce that eight finalists have been selected to move forward in the "DIA Plaza and Midtown Cultural Connections" design competition. 44 submissions representing over 10 countries and 22 cities from around the world were received. 

The eight finalists will make 90-minute public presentations in the DIA's Danto Lecture Hall on June 13 and 14.

To register for the June 13 and 14 public presentations, you will be redirected to our Eventbrite site HERE.

The registration deadline is Monday, June 11.