About the program
Presented by the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Architecture, the Concrete Culture conference situates Chicago’s concrete architecture within contemporary international dialogues by illuminating the material’s cultural significance, as well as its chemical, ecological, and tectonic capacities for shaping our urban futures.
The second day features two exhibition openings and two panels considering contemporary innovations, preservation, ongoing design explorations, pressing challenges, and the future of concrete in architecture and urbanism through speculative ideas, emerging technologies, and inventive design.