social/technological

You’re invited to “social/technological,” an open house of interactive installations designed and built by undergraduate students from the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.

Technology is social; it shapes—and is shaped by—human life. Led by instructor Humbi Song, the students explore how technologies mediate human behaviour, sometimes subtly, sometimes explicitly. Using AI and physical computing, the projects examine how we move through space, how we are seen, and how we might imagine more poetic and just relationships between bodies and cities. Technology is never neutral, but it can be nudged.

This open house is co-produced and co-presented by Markham Public Art, the Daniels Faculty, and Industrial Arts. The initiative gives design students an opportunity to work with industrial architecture in the context of urban regeneration, while offering the Markham community a chance to experience socially conscious, experimental design projects that use state-of-the-art technology—offering a glimpse into how future designers are being trained to shape our urban futures.

Date: Saturday, July 26, 2–5 PM

Location: Industrial Arts, 7441 Victoria Park Ave