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Concurrent Education Session

TUE-A09: The Point: Transforming the Utah State Prison into an Innovative Urban Center

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
8:30am – 9:45am ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Recent relocation and demolition of the Utah State Prison provided a 600-acre canvas of state-owned land to be transformed into a mixed-use innovation urban center. Join members of the interdisciplinary design team to learn how future community members and the broader region will benefit from best practices in sustainable design.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explore the multiple dimensions of a sustainable, vibrant mixed-use community that reduces water and resource use, creates high-quality jobs, catalyzes cutting-edge innovation, and provides for convenient transit and bike/pedestrian travel.
  • Learn about the public private partnership (P3) between the state of Utah, local government, and private partners, and how a robust stakeholder and citizen engagement process informed framework planning and design.
  • Understand the components of a framework plan that will guide future development and provide built-in flexibility to respond to future changing conditions.
  • Review and discuss design principles and strategies for maximizing the placemaking appeal of central community gathering spaces.