Bruce Mau and Elva Rubio: Designing Chicago's Next Century

Visionary urban designers Mau and Rubio of Bruce Mau Design, Inc. present their joint venture with students at the School of the Art Institute and the University of Illinois at Chicago to radically re-envision the future of Chicago's built environment: a Burnham plan for the next century. The pioneering force behind the collaborative project Massive Change: The Future of Global Design (exhibited in 2006 at the Museum of Contemporary Art), Mau combines architecture, visual communication, object design, and technological innovation in an effort to bring about a more sustainable and integrated approach to global problems.

The presentation will be an exclusive preview of the team’s plans for the Chicago Pavilion at the 2010 World Exposition in Shanghai and will feature many of the stunning visualizations for which Mau’s firm is widely admired.