April 9th, 2009
MIT/Wisconsin Team Wins National Design Competition
A design presented by a team of students from MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning and the Wisconsin School of Business Real Estate MBA program was selected as the winning plan in the 2009 ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. Final-round presentations were held at the University of Denver on April 2. The winning team received a prize of $50,000.
Teams were challenged to redevelop the Denver Design District, a 75-acre parcel just south of downtown, while incorporating essential aspects of sustainable community development in urban design as identified by the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
The annual, graduate-level competition provides interdisciplinary learning for real estate and design students. This year’s competition included 99 teams from universities across the United States and Canada.