How the heck did Mill Woods happen? Why does it look and feel the way it does? Whose idea was it to force people to circumnavigate a seemingly endless maze of looping roads? There must be a method to the madness, right?

Making Mill Woods Make Sense is a crash course on the urban design and architectural history of Edmonton’s most ambitious and innovative planned communities. Drawing on the delightfully funky 1971 Mill Woods Development Concept, get a deeper look at some of the unique elements behind the method to the madness that make Mill Woods, Mill Woods.