Project Brief

The following is a manifesto that has been developed for the Kmart Site Project. Since the site is situated in an urban environment in which many of its people over the years have been disenfranchised, the purpose of this manifesto is to set a moral foundation

for how the project will develop. This is a three tier lens that

focuses on the people, the land, and the future. Many aspects of this align with the Minneapolis 2040 Civic Engagement Plan, valuing the process in which urban development happens and the trust-building required among the communities.

Creation of this foundation

ensures that any process moving forward thinks back on who it is impacting and the long term effects of those impacts. This manifesto will ground the project to force reflection and critical thought for every move. The research that went into this

manifesto looked at the past, the present, and the future. Seeing time as fluid and that change over time as inherent. How that change happens and the generational impacts it will have is where we find ourselves as designers. To move forward is one thing, but to move forward together is another.