Welcome to the virtual memorial to William J. Mitchell (1944-2010)
The gateway to the digital city
Following the vision of the father of the digital city, this tribute makes technology available to the public and provides you with an open network connection
The person
William J. Mitchell is the architect of the XXI century digital city that puts technological ability at the service of the publics. Born in rural Australia and educated at Yale and Cambridge, he was director of the Architecture Department at UCLA and Dean of Architecture and Planning at MIT, where he directed the MediaLab, and developed his Smart City project. It was the work of a visionary to reconfigure the sustainability and efficiency in a hybrid space where the physical integrates with the virtual to adapt to human needs. Previously, he had reinvented urban mobility with the CityCar and inspired the use of computers in architecture. He led the eLens project in Catalonia and created the Digital Mile and the Water Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of Zaragoza in 2008.
Thinker, creator, designer, William J. Mitchell is the greatest example of urban thought and design of the digital age.
The tribute
With this virtual monument to William J. Mitchell, the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) pays homage to the father of the digital city. A tribute that follows the path of technology at the service of the public by opening a free entrance door to the Internet. Named Honorary Doctor of the UOC in 2006, Mitchell helped define and explain the rapid evolution of the Internet age, always seeking the means to adapt it to human needs. This project builds on his visionary idea, offering an open network connection and working towards the building of his city, the digital city of the XXI century.
