Summit Series, a popular conference that TechCrunch describes as “Part Burning-Man, Part TED,” has just acquired 10,000 acres outside of Salt Lake City, where they hope to develop a “500-home village to foster startups, artists, thinkers, and nonprofits who will build their own version of utopia.”
The idea behind the purchase is to offer a more permanent-home base for conference-goers, who usually only meet for 4 days a year, so they can network and “think big” 365 days a year. As Summit Series investor Tim Chang explains: “The community portion — the networking, the people — that could be even more valuable than just the straight return on investment for a vacation property.”
According to TechCrunch, “every aspect of the new village will be open to social experimentation,” which leads us to wonder - which architect would be best suited to design this hyper-social village of young innovators? Perhaps BIG or Michel Rojkind Arquitectos? Let us know who you’d like to see design this utopian village in the comments below.
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