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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303. Questions from listeners - Mustafa Sherif 16.07.2022

I am answering questions from listeners. Enjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin Visit   Mustafasherif.com  for collaborations and nominations or just email me at  info@mustafasherif.com Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️. Follow Urbanistica and let's get in touch: Instagram Facebook Youtube channel Thanks...

302. Place Led Development - Clémentine Robert 14.07.2022

Clémentine Robert (Consultant in user participation in urban projects at SCOPIC in Nantes, France & Advocate for a place-led urban development within Placemaking Europe) Links Îlink project (Nantes island) :  https://www.scopic.eu/scopic-et-ilink-retour-sur-la-premiere-demarche-de-maitrise-dusage-nantaise/ Unîle project (Nantes island) :  https://www.scopic.eu/projet/maitrise-usage-p...

301. The passion of experimenting in public spaces - Todor Kesarovski 12.07.2022

Todor Kesarovski (PhD Research Fellow at University of Stavanger (Stavanger, Norway), Placemaker at |In|Formal Association Bulgaria & Europe) Links from our talk: - |In|Formal Association,  https://www.facebook.com/InFormal. BG ; - Tooltest Day, concept story:  https://issuu.com/informal6/docs/toolteststory_final  | initiative:  https://placemaking-europe.eu/listing/to...

300. Planning cities for and with children - Viviana Cordero 10.07.2022

Viviana Cordero  (Huasipichanga, Cuenca, Ecuado & Utrecht, Netherlands) We are talking about: -Vivian's background from a being a Lawyer to urban planning design with children -Why it's important to consider children's emotions in making cities Link to the project that Vivian talked about   https://www.huasipichanga.com/projects-1   In collaboration with P lacemaking Europe...

299.SWE Öppna skolan mot staden, Barnens H22 - Sanna Mikkelsen 08.07.2022

Mikkelsen Sanna (Förskollärare, Helsingborg) Vi pratar om Barnens H22 projektet. Det är ettprojekt som syftar till att ge barnen i Helsingborgs stads skolor en möjlighet att vara delaktiga i staden - nu och i framtiden. This episode is in collaboration with H22. Read more here https://h22.se/en/ Enjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin Keep Up...

298. Local healthy food, PlacemakingUS - Ryan Smolar 07.07.2022

Ryan Smolar (Initiator PlacemakingUS Network, Los Angeles, California, USA) We are talking about: -Placemaking US https://www.placemakingus.org/ -Long Beach Food which is about connecting Eaters, Feeders and Seeders with resources, partners and models that can empower them to resolve their needs and use their offerings. http://lbfresh.org/ -Placemaking Downtown http://www.downtown-santaana.com/ In...

297.SWE Varma Platser - Helena Friberg Ruge 06.07.2022

Helena Friberg Ruge (Architect at Sweco Architects, Sweden) Vi pratar om projektet Varma Platser:  www.varmaplatser.se This episode is in collaboration with H22. Read more here https://h22.se/en/ Enjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️. Follow Urbanistica and let's get in touch: Clubhous...

296. Mobile laundry provision Orange sky - Nicholas Marchesi 06.07.2022

Nicholas Marches i (Co Founder at Orange Sky Australia , Australia) Nicholas Marchesi is a builder, a dreamer, and a doer. He co-founded Orange Sky Australia in response to the needs of the homeless people in his country – 1 in every 200 Australians! While it may seem like a free laundry and shower service on the surface, to Nicholas and those he supports it’s all about building responsive and con...

295.SWE Havoteket - Vesna Vasiljkovic 05.07.2022

Vesna Vasiljkovic (Kontorschef Tengbom, Helsingborg, Sverige) Vi pratar om Havoteket projektet på H22 City Expo i Heslingborg. This episode is in collaboration with H22. Read more here https://h22.se/en/ Enjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️. Follow Urbanistica and let's get in touch: Clubh...

294.SWE H22 City Expo Arkitekt - Martin Hadmyr 04.07.2022

Martin Hadmyr  (Head of Landscape Architecture, City of Helsingborg) Vi pratar om: -Vad är fokus frågor/tema för H22 utifrån arkitektur och stadsutvecklings perspektiven? -Vem har bestämt dessa fokus tema/områden? -Hur har ni fått in medborgares perspektiv? -Vad är nästa steg efter H22? -Ledarskap Enjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin...

293. An Architect & a TikTok content creator - Russell M. Henderson 04.07.2022

Russell M. Henderson (RIBA Chartered Architect and Tiktok content creator, Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania). Russell has 300 000 Followers on Tiktok and 8,5 million likes. Visit his profile here https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNMQj5a6/ I asked him the following questions: - What kind of content do you create? do you have a focus on a specific topic? - How did you start? did you have a camera? microphone...

292. Human health and climate change - Sue Clark 04.07.2022

Sue Clark (Sustainability Consultant, Piacon, Sweden/Canada) We are talking about: -What is the connection between human health and climate change? -Many buildings were designed according to building codes that will no longer be relevant for future climate scenarios. But how can we change buildings? -What is the link between heat waves and the way we build our buildings? Links from the talk: This...

291. Active mobility - Lior Steinberg 03.07.2022

Lior Steinberg (Urban Planner & Co-Founder Humankind | Rotterdam | Netherlands) Lior Steinberg is an urban planner and co-founder of Humankind, a multidisciplinary collective accelerating the transition towards urban happiness for all. He helps cities to look beyond functionality and to plan urban spaces that make people smile. All the projects Lior participates in have one thing in commo...

290. The Power of Networking for young professionals - Shweta Gandhi 30.06.2022

Shweta Gandhi Architect at Urban Planner at AECOM Middle East, United Arab Emirates. we are talking about: -How important is it to understand how we live - to shape what we design moving ahead?  -How important is collaboration as a young professional to deliver sustainable new districts & cities? -Should the approach be Global to Local or Local to Global? -Advice to young professionals wh...

289. City Resilience in Colombia - Santiago Uribe Rocha 28.06.2022

Santiago Uribe Rocha (Chief Resilient Officer of Medellin, Colombia) As Executive Director at Medellín Resilience Office Corporation, Santiago Uribe Rocha’s work focuses on neighborhood transformations, violence prevention, and urban renovations. He is particularly passionate about urban participatory planning and local communities’ engagement. Santiago wants to excite as many local stakeholders a...

288. Climate friendly lifestyle in cities - Elisabeth Meze 26.06.2022

Elisabeth Meze (Head Citizens' Participation at the City of Innsbruck | Austria) Elisabeth Meze is passionate about encouraging people to turn to less resource-consumption lifestyles. From creating sustainable living models for social housing to developing a 3-months festival in the first climate fit park, she makes changes happen through communication, knowledge transfer, positive connotated acti...

287. Mission-Oriented Innovation in Cities - Fermín Cerezo Peco 23.06.2022

Fermín Cerezo Peco (Director of Innovation at Valencia City Council, Spain) As Head of Innovation Service at the City Council of València, Fermín Cerezo Peco finds inspiration from working in the public sector with the aim of creating value for citizens and the society: ending poverty, reducing inequalities, ensuring sustainable development, and tackling climate change. Cerezo is aware it takes br...

286. Fluke Stockholm - Tatiana Bodnar & Nicole Arthur 21.06.2022

Tatiana Bodnar (Placemaking Project Manager at Glad Stad, Co-Founder of Fluke Stockholm), Nicole Arthur  (Co-Founder of Fluke Stockholm / Playful Co-Designer & Facilitator ) We are talking about Fluke stockholm Fluke is an urban collective that looks to co-create and explore new functions of public space using play. Started as a master's thesis at KTH in our student community of Lapp...

285. Cities and Mercedes-Benz - Daniel Deparis 16.06.2022

Daniel Deparis leads the Urban Mobility Solutions division at Mercedes-Benz Group AG since 2019. Together with his team, he networks with all internal groups working on urban transportation topics and develops new products and solutions that improve the quality of life in cities. He is passionate about leadership and new ways of working and thinking, and his primary goals are to scale the pos...

284. Artificial Intelligence (AI) & City Safety - Carlo Ratti 12.06.2022

Carlo Ratti (Director of MIT Senseable City Lab, Founding partner at Carlo Ratti Associati design and innovation office) I asked Carlo: - How do you define city safety? - What are the elements/aspects that make us feel safe in a city? - How digitalization can transform our urban experience? - How can cities solve the social segregation problem? what should cities start doing? is it a long process...

283. Urban Future in Helsingborg 2022 - Mustafa Sherif 11.06.2022

I talk about my collaboration with Urban Future. In the coming episodes we are going to listen to: 1.     Fermín Cerezo Peco, Director of Innovation at Valencia City Council, Spain 2.     Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT Senseable City Lab, Italy 3.     Lior Steinberg, Urban Planner & Co-Founder Humankind, Netherland 4.&nbs...

282. Placemaking Europe & Helsingborg City - Moa Sundberg 06.06.2022

Moa Sundberg (Urban Designer, City of Helsingborg, Sweden) We are talking about: -Partnership between Placemaking EU and Helsingborg City. Read more here . -2 Days of Placemaking in Helsingborg. H22 City Expo: Placemaking as a city-wide endeavor. Read more and buy a ticket here . Placemaking Europe  and The City of Helsingborg are co-organizing a 2-day event within H22 filled with peer-to-pee...

281.SWE Normkreativ Arkitektur guiden - Karin Manberger, Ulrika Gunnarsson Östling och Dafni Sarakinis, 05.06.2022

Karin Manberger  (Landskapsarkitekt, Tengbom), Ulrika Gunnarsson Östling (Researcher and head of division at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology), Dafni Sarakinis (Landskapsarkitekt, Tengbom), Jag ställde följande frågor till mina gäster: -Vad är guiden till Normkreativ Arkitektur ? -Vems idea var den? vad var bakgrunden till att ni började tänka på Normkreativ Arkitektur guiden? -Varför behö...

280.ENG City imaging & Utopian Hours. - Luca Ballarini 01.06.2022

Luca Ballarini (Founder & President of Torino Stratosferica, Turin, Italy) We are talking about: - Stratosferica . A collective project of  city imaging  to build a powerful narrative through images, which enhances the potential of the city and its international positioning. - Utopian Hours. international festival In collaboration with - H22 City Expo at Helsingborg. The Making of a...

279.SWE A Sustainable Start - Åsa Lindgren & Elise Grosse 29.05.2022

Åsa Lindgren (Sustainability manager Ramboll Building) & Elise Grosse (Hållbarhetschef Sweco Architects) Vi pratar om: - A sustainable start. Konceptet  A Sustainable Start  erbjuder en mötesplats i syfte att öka kunskapsutvecklingen inom Agenda 2030, inspirera till konkreta åtgärder och nya samarbeten som gynnar hållbarhetsarbetet. -Exempel på konkreta saker ute i landet som bi...

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