Mustafa Sherif

Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People

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A podcast about how we plan and design cities for people. Tune in and join listeners from over 150 countries. I'm Mustafa Sherif, an Urbanist, Placemaker and studio manager based in Sweden. I interview people working in architecture, Palcemaking, urban planning and design about their projects, processes, methods, handbooks, challenges, leadership, and passions in life. It’s not just about projects, it’s about the people behind projects. In collaboration with AFRY (Urban Planning and Design section in Stockholm).

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Mustafa Sherif

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Jun 30, 2026

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378.SWE The Grid - det digitala arkitektkontoret - ⁠Lina Goldén ⁠ 23.04.2023

Lina Goldén   (Arkitekt, grundaren av The Grid) Vi pratar om The Grid - det digitala arkitektkontoret. Sveriges första och största digitala arkitektkontor utan kontor och utan anställda. Ett nätverk av frilansande arkitekter som skräddarsyr sina team efter projektens behov. Då vi jobbar digitalt och saknar over head kostnader är vi en ny utmanande aktör i branschen. Läs mer om The Grid här . Keep...

377. Cycling Networks in the Middle East, Luxury or Necessity? - Deema Aburizik 16.04.2023

Deema Aburizik (Urban Design Consultant, Cycling & Walking Specialist, UAE) We are talking about the following: -Mobility in two types of countries: oil-producing (like UAE) and non-oil-producing (like Jordan) -What do cities in the Middle East witness because of car traffic? -What is the solution? -If cities know about these solutions, why they do not implement them? what are the reasons that...

376.SWE Hur skapar vi samhällsomvandling på riktig i Norrland? David Carlsson, Knut Rost och Malin Lagervall 11.04.2023

David Carlsson, VD och koncernchef, Balticgruppen Knut Rost, VD, Diös Fastigheter Malin Lagervall, Marknadsutvecklare Stadsutveckling, AFRY Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated. Let's connect and talk further about this episode ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mustafa Sherif Li...

375.SWE New European Bauhaus och arkitektens roll - ⁠Helena Bjarnegård 09.04.2023

Helena Bjarnegård ( Riksarkitekt på  Boverket , Ordförande i Rådet för hållbara städer, Ledamot i Formas Forskarråd, Ledamot i Stockholms konstnärliga högskolas styrelse, Samverkansforums styrgrupp samt Trafikverkets arkitekturråd) Vi pratar om: -Vad är The New European Bauhaus ? -Beautiful, Sustainable, Together. Vågar vi Sverige prata om Beautiful? -Arkitektens ledarskap, mission och roll Keep U...

374. Daddy Hood Europe - ⁠Thomas Pickelner ⁠ 04.04.2023

Thomas Pickelner (Head of Studio & Video production, Stockholm, Sweden) Homepage here, Instagram here, FB here . Read more and sign up for our the virtual global Dadathlon event for free here . Sign up and read more aboutor Dadathlon festival in Stockholm 18/6 here . I asked Thomas the following questions: -Tell us more about DaddyHood -What is a Daddy-friendly city, and how do you define it?...

373. Place Governance in a Fragmented World - ⁠Nate Storring 02.04.2023

Nate Storring (Co Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, USA) We are talking about Hyperlocal book. When it comes to uneven urban growth and investment, place-based governance structures in the United States and around the globe have been both part of the problem and part of the solution. Hyperlocal explore both the tensions and benefits associated with governing places in an increasingl...

372. [Short] How can we make the future even better? Heja Framtiden - Christian von Essen⁠ 26.03.2023

Heja Framtiden (Go Future ) is a podcast and platform for conversations about the future. Heja Framtiden (Go Future ) has been run since January 2018 by ⁠Christian von Essen⁠ in Stockholm. Christian is a Freelance moderator, speaker, content producer, and copywriter. Christian believes that the main question is not necessarily ”what is going to happen in the future?”, but rather  ”how can we make...

371. How can we make the future even better? Heja Framtiden - Christian von Essen⁠ 26.03.2023

Heja Framtiden (Go Future ) is a podcast and platform for conversations about the future. Heja Framtiden (Go Future ) has been run since January 2018 by Christian von Essen in Stockholm. Christian is a Freelance moderator, speaker, content producer, and copywriter. Christian believes that the main question is not necessarily ”what is going to happen in the future?”, but rather  ”how can we make th...

370. Reflections from Placemaking Europe week 2022 in Pontevedra - Hans Karssenberg and Vivian Doumpa 19.03.2023

Hans Karssenberg (Partner, founder, and public developer at STIPO, Placemaking EU Board Member, Netherlands) and Vivian Doumpa (Local Office Director, STIPO Greece, Placemaking EU Board Member) In collaboration with Placemaking EU week in Pontevedra 2022. Read more here . Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not repre...

369. Women in Urbanism Canada - Sharee Hochman 07.03.2023

Sharee Hochman (Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Women in Urbanism Canada) Links that we mentioned in the episode: How Toxic Masculinity Drives Car Culture -  https://www.womeninurbanism.ca/words/toxic-masculinity-drives-cars Cold Places can Create Warm Public Spaces -  https://www.womeninurbanism.ca/words/cold-places-warm-public-spaces All the Ways Women get from A to B -  https://www.wo...

368. AR. الفن و المدينة 03.03.2023

Bashar Shamil Alkhafaji, PhD, A graphic designer and visual artist, his 14 years of education at the University of Technology - Iraq for design and graphic arts teaching in the great departments and a lovely teaching staff that he had felt with, as well as 23 years of professional experience as a VISUAL ARTIST AND Designer, he aspires to make the environment and humanity in the heart of design and...

367. [Short] Leave no one behind in making cities, Gapminder and fighting global misconceptions - Anna Rosling Rönnlund 26.02.2023

Anna Rosling Rönnlund (Co-founder of Gapminder Foundation. UX-visionary. Co-writer of bestseller Factfulness. Public speaker, Stockholm, Sweden) Gapminder is an independent educational non-profit fighting global misconceptions. I am asking Anna the following questions: - What should urban planners stop doing when they plan cities? why? - What skills should urban planners learn? why? https://www.gapm...

366. Gapminder and global misconceptions fight - Anna Rosling Rönnlund 26.02.2023

Anna Rosling Rönnlund (Co-founder of Gapminder Foundation. UX-visionary. Co-writer of bestseller Factfulness. Public speaker, Stockholm, Sweden) Gapminder is an independent educational non-profit fighting global misconceptions. I am asking Anna the following questions: Gapminder  -Who is the founder? -What is the mission of Gampminder? -How big was the team then and how big the team is now? -who is...

365. Architecture and architects in Sweden - JP Pereira 19.02.2023

JP Pereira (Office director Tengbom Linköping, Sweden) We are talking about: Bergs locks visitor center project -Background, aim, design, the team behind the project etc. -How was the World Architecture Festival? -what were the key elements in the team to success in this project? Architecture in Sweden - How architecture works in Sweden? - Who is running the market? - What is the role of the archi...

364.SWE Kontor och handel - Malin Maria Andersson 14.02.2023

Malin Maria Andersson (Kundansvarig Projektuthyrare, NCC Property Development) Vi pratar om: Kontor och handel Vilka önskemål får ni från hyresgästerna? Vad ser ni som händer på marknaden? Post COVID19 Vilka utmaningar har NCC när ni vill jobba med blandstaden?   Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the...

363. Reflections from Placemaking week in Pontevedra - Päivi Raivio & Jan Kattein 12.02.2023

Päivi Raivio (Urban designer, placemaker, artist, Founder of Parkly urban modules & RaivioBumann design studio, Leader in Placemaking Europe Network) and   Jan Kattein (Director at Jan Kattein Architects, London, England, United Kingdom) In collaboration with Placemaking EU week in Pontevedra 2022. Read more here . Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in ea...

362. Inclusion in a digital world - Sandra Perez & Gyula Torzsok 06.02.2023

Sandra Perez & Gyula Torzsok from Inner Circle Consulting. This episode is from Placemaking Week in Pontevedra 2022.  Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated. Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin. Visit  Mustafasher...

361. Preparing cities for a next pandemic - Niklas Arnberg 05.02.2023

Niklas Arnberg (Professor of virology Umeå University, and co-founder of the Swedish virus and pandemic fund ) We are talking about: -What are the key learnings from the pandemic? -When can we expect the next pandemic, and what can be expected? -What can we do to mitigate or prevent future outbreaks and pandemics? -Health care suffer not only from the coronavirus, there are also other viruses that...

360.SWE JämtJämlikt Certifieringssystem för jämlika offentliga miljöer - Vesna Vasiljkovic 24.01.2023

Vesna Vasiljkovic , Planchef, Malmö stad Vi pratar om: JämtJämlikt - Certifieringssystem för jämlika offentliga miljöer -Vad är syftet med jämntjämlik? vad ville ni åstadkomma? -Hur tog projektgruppen fram verktyget? -Har de testat den i verklighetey? -Vad var utmaningar som de hade? -Vad är viktigt att göra när man skriver en ansökan till Vinnova? Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All...

359. Placemaking GamingX and resilient cities & communities - Nourhan Bassam 22.01.2023

Nourhan Bassam (Ph. D. researcher in the scope of Resilient Just Cities & Communities, GamingX founder, Feminist Urbanist, Milan & Cairo). In collaboration with Placemaking EU in Pontevedra 2022. Nourhan is a city enthusiast, a feminist Urbanist, and a community lover, who wants to activate communities and build inclusive sustainable cities for people, She is advocating for Placemaking and Playmak...

358. What does OpenAI ChatGPT think about future cities? - Mustafa Sherif 20.01.2023

I am interwing OpenAI ChatGPT. You can read the answers in text format from ChatGPT here. Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated. Let's connect on -Mustafa Sherif Linkedin -Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@musta...

357. Reflection on 2022 season nr.3 and kicking off the new season nr.4 15.01.2023

I am reflecting on some episodes from the last year also about: -Placemaking week in Pontevedra 2022 -Urban Future in Helsingborg city 2022 -H22 The making of the smarter city in Helsingborg Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin . Visit   Mustafasherif.com  for collaborations and nominations or email m...

356. UNICEF USA Child-Friendly City & Growing Up Boulder - Mara Mintzer 18.12.2022

Mara Mintzer   is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Growing Up Boulder (GUB), Boulder, Colorado, USA’s child- and youth-friendly city initiative.  GUB ensures that young people have a voice in decisions which affect them; since 2009, it has helped 7,500 local children and youth impact 100+ policies and places. Ms. Mintzer presents and writes internationally on the topic of enga...

355. Electric vehicles, good or bad? - Maximilian Bengtsson 18.12.2022

Maximilian Bengtsson (tyrens, Stockholm, Sweden) I ask the following questions: - Why you started to work with this aspect? you were an urban planner! - Can you tell us what is Electrification? - Why do we need to transform our car system and make it electrical? - is it really environmentally friendly? - Tell us about 2-3 projects you work with within this topic. - What are the challenges that we...

354.SWE Ensamhetsrevolutionen - Lina Zakrisson 13.12.2022

Lina Zakrisson  (Founder at Ensamhetsrevolutionen)Vi pratar om:- Hur Ensamhetsrevolutionen startades- Ensamhet, vad är det, baksidor, vem är ensam?- Varför man ska känna sina grannar?- Hur kan vi arkitekter främja detta genom design?- Vad kan fastighetsägare göra?- Social hållbarhet, definitionen. Hur kan vi bli bättre på det? Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️All opinions expressed in...

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