Insurgent Public Space Making

Professor Jeffrey Hou, Professor of Architecture at University of Washington and author of Insurgent Public Space: Guerilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities (Routledge, 2010), will lead a half-day workshop in the City of St. Louis.

The workshop will begin in the morning with a visit to several sites in St. Louis that speak to the theme of insurgent public space. The event will begin at Peter Matthews Memorial Skate Garden, then visit the NGA West site, The workshop will end at Sk8 Liborious where Professor Hou and Bryan Bedwell, the head of Kings Highway Vigilante Transitions, will lead a discussion about making public spaces.

This workshop is open to the public. Seats on the bus, however, are limited to 50. Please RSVP to sshearer@wustl.edu by October 4 if you would like to attend.

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