UC's DAAP Hosts Mayors Institute on City Design

The University of Cincinnati School of Planning hosted seven mayors from cities in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and New Jersey as part of the two-and-a-half day intensive East Regional session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design Oct. 14-16. Aimed at addressing some of the most pressing issues in city design, the group met with Cincinnati’s experts in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, real-estate economics, transportation planning and urban design.

The

MICD

works to transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities. This year’s session in Cincinnati focused on challenges such as downtown and waterfront development, historic preservation, cultural revitalization, site remediation and the intricacies of design implementation.

Organized and moderated by UC School of Planning assistant professors Leah Hollstein and Conrad Kickert, the MICD group toured some of Cincinnati’s most high-profile urban design projects including Washington Park and Music Hall, The Banks and the city’s riverfront parks. The session’s working meetings were held at the historic University Club of Cincinnati and the mayors gathered feedback from local, regional and national experts, including Mahyar Arefi, associate professor of urban planning and design at UC and ikas Mehta, associate professor of urbanism at UC.

The mayors participating in the session included: Mayor Ruben Bermudez of Vineland, N.J.; Mayor Wilda Diaz of Perth Amboy, N.J.; Mayor Stephen Gawron of Muskegon, Mich.; Mayor Kyle Moore of Quincy, Ill.; Mayor Wayne Motley of Waukegan, Ill.; Mayor Tom Prather of Georgetown, Ky.; and Mayor Dr. Deirdre Waterman of Pontiac, Mich.

Read more

about the October East Regional Session on DAAP's website.

ABOUT THE MAYORS’ INSTITUTE ON CITY DESIGN

The Mayors’ Institute on City Design is a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership with the American Architectural Foundation and the United States Conference of Mayors. The East Regional Session was sponsored in part by the Cincinnati chapter of the AIA and the University of Cincinnati. Since 1986, MICD has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities. MICD conducts several sessions each year. For a list of upcoming events, past participants, or for more information, micd.org and follow 

@MICDdotORG

 on Twitter.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, ART, AND PLANNING

The University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) is a comprehensive research and design institution offering undergraduate majors in architecture, art history, communication design, fashion design, fine arts, horticulture, industrial design, interior design, urban planning, and urban studies. DAAP also offers graduate degrees in architecture, community planning, design and fine arts.

DAAP’s primary mission is the creation of a better visual and design environment, which is achieved through excellence in educational programs, research, creative works and service to the community. DAAP’s programs within the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning are, year after year, ranked among the very best in both a world and national class. Visit DAAP at

daap.uc.edu

.