An international exhibition of
significant practices developing
The Physical Fitness of Cities: Vision and
Ethics in City Building
February 1, 2002 through March 30,
2002, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Physical Fitness of Cities is a cultural program being
held in conjunction with the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and the
Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The
Exhibition will highlight state-of-the-art practice in city
building from cities throughout the world.
This exhibition will feature built projects that establish new
standards of resourceful design, ethical practice and
far-reaching vision to create, transform, and repair human
settlements. These categories include:
- Architecture, preservation and landscape architecture
- Transportation systems and design for accessibility
- Air, land and water management and reclamation programs
- Housing, preservation and cultural infrastructure
projects, and
- Social and environmental justice interventions
The exhibition will explore complex linkages within complex
settlement systems, and question ways that human settlements
manifest fitness in the built environment.
This program will highlight design excellence of such
significance that it merits celebration side-by-side with
Olympic athletic achievements. As the Olympic Games create a
record of superior athletic performance, the Physical Fitness
of Cities exhibition will establish an exclusive record of the
world's city-building achievements. A corresponding catalogue
will be published, including a complete record of the
exhibition and essays on selected symposium topics.
Location
The Exhibition will be assembled in the historic Salt Lake
City and County Building on Washington Square, a major
gathering place during the Olympic Games. The exhibition will
be available for viewing through the end of the Paralympic
Games on March 30, 2002.
Who We Are
Project Director:
Stephen A. Goldsmith, Planning Director, Salt Lake City
Corporation
Exhibition & Catalogue Curator:
Samina Quraeshi, Luce Professor in Family & Community,
University of Miami School of Architecture
Project Advisor:
Moshe Safdie
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