On November 7, 2019 Xu Zhang and Rob Piatkowski from Dover, Kohl & Partners presented at the launch event for the Smart City Expo Miami 2020.
Looking at case studies in their own work, as well as new emerging technologies in transportation and telecommuting, they discussed how planners and designers are shaping the neighborhoods of the future. Exploring the principles of smart growth, adaptive reuse, and complete streets in neighborhood planning, their presentation touched upon a broad range of ideas about what constitutes a “smart” city. With one eye towards the future and one eye towards this past, they demonstrated how new technology, data, and tools can enhance age-old urban design practices to create places that people want to be.
