WK-Labs UrbanDesign Think Tank (UDTT)

The Michael Graves Collage wide Designing Public Spaces (DPS) research initiative encompasses the WK-Labs Wenruitang River Project. This particular project will be run out of the WK-Labs UrbanDesign Think Tank (UDTT) which has been accepted into the WKU Maker Xpace sponsored, in part by Onehrt Group. The Think Tank is currently working on local projects in Zhejiang Province, China, and international projects and competitions with multiple sites.

At the WKU-Labs Urban Design Think Tank, the opportunities for young design students to practice an acupunctural method is immediate, giving them the opportunity to learn in a very utilitarian and productive way, simultaneously engaging with the community.

Within the UDTT at Wenzhou-Kean University, our efforts focus on addressing issues of community engagement, along with a focus on reinvigorating historic infrastructure. The Wenzhou Wetlands studio focuses on engaging the wetlands canal network in an effort to produce key catalysts for the local economy, optimistically, in an effort to circumvent the threat of replacement with placeless relocation towers. As we continue educating young architects in training, we hope they will build on this work of sensitive interventions, Toward a Global Localism.