The Mies van der Rohe Society, in partnership with the IIT College of Architecture, will hold a celebration of light for the winter solstice, featuring the music of J.S. Bach with notable artists and a presentation of our Mies Campus by Ron Henderson, director of landscape architecture + urbanism, and Chandra Goldsmith, landscape architect and adjunct faculty member.

Hilb’s Day is a longstanding Illinois Tech tradition to celebrate the shortest day of the year. Ludwig K. Hilberseimer (1885–1967) was a German architect and urban planner best known for his ties to the Bauhaus and Mies van der Rohe. He was founder and chair of Illinois Tech’s Department of City and Regional Planning where he taught from 1938 until his passing in 1967. At Illinois Tech, he developed a universal, adaptable system, which planned for the darkest day of the year (“Hilb’s Day”) in order to produce environments with as much light as possible.

This event is free to attend with a suggested donation of $25.

Light and Art installation by Luftwerk