The Hybrid Urban Factory Symposium (Part 1 of 3)

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Now that industry is often clean, green, small, and quiet it can be integrated with other uses at the city and building scale. This potential hybrid is as of yet very little explored. Convened by Nina Rappaport—educator, urbanist, and YSoA publications director—this symposium investigates what this new mix will look like and how it can encourage new entrepreneurs, jobs, and urban forms. How can hybrid models change with new technologies, sustainable manufacturing, and advanced production systems to be integrated into communities with local entrepreneurs at the helm? Can we break the planning and land-use patterns of segregated zoning by class and function to encourage mixed-use zoning? Architects, public officials, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organizations will present a series of case studies and design-driven discussions on policy and making things