The Future in Ruins: Overwriting the Third Precinct
Registration Deadline: May 28, 2023; Submission Deadline: Oct 31, 2023 The Future in Ruins: Overwriting the Third Precinct is an international request for proposals and simultaneous series of neighborhood public assemblies imagining future infrastructures of authentic security in South Minneapolis, particularly the East Lake St. corridor and 9th Ward.Minneapolis’ Third Police Precinct and its grounds have been abandoned and barricaded since the building was stormed on the evening of May 28th, 2020 by demonstrators following the murder of George Floyd. In light of the City of Minneapolis’ history of tactical inaction and strategic incompetence, often used as precursors towards fast-tracked bureaucracy, Confluence: An East Lake Studio for Community Design has launched an Autonomous Request for Proposals (A-RFP) to re-imagine the Third Precinct complex from the ground up.Confluence StudioRead the full post on Bustler
The Future in Ruins: Overwriting the Third Precinct is an international request for proposals and simultaneous series of neighborhood public assemblies imagining future infrastructures of authentic security in South Minneapolis, particularly the East Lake St. corridor and 9th Ward.
Minneapolis’ Third Police Precinct and its grounds have been abandoned and barricaded since the building was stormed on the evening of May 28th, 2020 by demonstrators following the murder of George Floyd. In light of the City of Minneapolis’ history of tactical inaction and strategic incompetence, often used as precursors towards fast-tracked bureaucracy, Confluence: An East Lake Studio for Community Design has launched an Autonomous Request for Proposals (A-RFP) to re-imagine the Third Precinct complex from the ground up.
