How will mobility and AI shape mid-western cities? 

How can the human body connect to vehicles, creating seamless interfaces that augment our experiences? How could vehicles communicate with each other, forming fleets that move more efficiently with emergent intelligence? How can vehicles exist as delicate accessories to facilitate human experience in public spaces?

Mobility has shaped the urban life of American cities and will continue to do so. This interdisciplinary design challenge opens a creative space for students to envision the future of mobility in the next 25 years, combined with ubiquitous AI and in response to global trends such as the ongoing climate crisis. We will focus on midwestern America, a traditionally overlooked region, to understand its specific challenges and opportunities.

Students will develop and demonstrate their future mobility scenarios in an immersive installation to be exhibited to the public.