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Portland State’s placemaking initiative focusing on the PSU campus will help revitalize our city and counter the lingering human effects of pandemic isolation by building a safer, more culturally vibrant, creatively engaged, and community-focused campus to benefit students, faculty, staff, city residents, and visitors alike. It will provide a turning-point moment to expand how Portlanders utilize and value our city’s namesake urban university—and offer a significant opportunity for PSU to enhance students’ learning experiences, bolster their sense of belonging, and strengthen their affinity to both Portland State and Portland.

Through this design competition, Design Teams will take a broad look at possibilities and opportunities, and think deeply about PSU’s educational, cultural, economic, civic, infrastructural, and community functions while considering ways to leverage and re-imagine those functions year-round through the mechanisms of place and space. They will also consider how places can cultivate identities as destination spaces while maintaining a commitment to economic and cultural equity. 

Registration due February 27

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