Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People

Rosanna Vitiello (Bureau Chief + Founding Director, The Place Bureau, London, England, United Kingdom) Links to Collective Place Futures Toolkit:  https://www.theplacebureau.com/toolkit Natural Futures book:  https://www.theplacebureau.com/insights/natural-futures-is-live Short about Rosanna's workshop during Placemaking Week Europe in Rotterdam: Waterfront Worldbuilding: Creative Foresight to tac...

Marcello Cabezas (Placemaker/Experience Architect, The Fifth Group, Canada) During Placemaking week Marcello presented cases from Canada. Short BIO about his presentation: This was a 30-minute presentation that highlighted exciting, award-winning lifestyle placemaking projects and destinations that have changed the game in Canada. They successfully achieved community engagement and business develo...

Betty Chemier - ReURBE – Panamá - https://www.reurbe.org/ @reurbe_ Milagros Hurtig - Urbanismo Vivo – Argentina www.urbanismovivo.com.ar @urbanismo_vivo @milihurtg Ma. Elena Rodríguez - PLURAL / Asilvestrar – Ecuador www.ciudadesmasverdes.com Adriana Sansão Fontes - LabIT-PROURB – Brasil About their panel in the placemaking week: The panel will present different perspectives on the actions of the...

Nina Eschenröder   (Hospitality Professional ) Nina is an accomplished hotelier with 15 years of experience in hotel management in international hotel chains. She holds degrees from the Hotel Management School Maastricht and Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, bringing a strong expertise in business development. Her work is centered on rethinking, redefining, and managing spaces wit...

Dr. Thieu Besselink, PhD, Founder of the Academy of Place and the Townmaking Institute, ass. prof. at Utrecht University Thieu Besselink is an urbanist, philosopher and educator. He learned to love the complexities of place during his research with prof. Richard Sennett at the LSE Cities Program and went on to establish two organisations that aim to learn from and develop places as living wholes....

Jia-Ping is the founding Chairperson of PLACEMAKING Malaysia, under the auspices of the Malaysian Institute of Planners and a member of the Board of Advisors for PlacemakingX. With her current role as co-chair at PLACEMAKING Malaysia and her position as a director of POLLIN8, a place consultancy, she actively shapes, drives, and grows the placemaking movement in Malaysia and the region. In collabo...

Julia Barashkov(a) ( PhD Candidate at Delft University of Technology) and  Mihal Ronko (Practising architect at Schaffer Architects)   About their workshop during Placemaking week: Our workshop, “Common Ground: Game Plans for Neighbourhood Co-Creation,” brought together an incredible group of urbanists, designers, researchers, and community leaders and focused on self-coordinated formations of sta...

Tímea Szőke (PhD Fellow at UIC Barcelona) and Elena Enrica Giunta (Design director at Studio Shift; Adjunct professor at School of Design - Politecnico di Milano and Libera Università di Bolzano) BIO about their workshop: City Flows - Discovering the City with our Senses. This participatory walkshop is designed to explore the connection between the city and the water. Through walking, observing an...

Ko Koens has been involved in sustainable tourism for over twenty years. His work focuses on understanding the impact of urban tourism and designing it in ways that maximize benefits for all. Over the years, he has authored over 30 academic publications and is one of the authors of the UNWTO report on overtourism. Currently, he leads the "Expertise Network Sustainable Urban Tourism." However, he f...

Josef Conning (Urbanist and strategist, Sweden) and Kristen Zupancic (Founder, Plot Twist Placemaking, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) Kristen and Josef facilitated a session where they promoted the concept of the "1.5-minute place", and in the workshop participants created dynamic and vibrant places based on that concept. Bringing the core principles of the 15-minute city down to a much sm...

Koos Fransen (Founder of STR.AAT, Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium) Koos is currently employed as project leader for Projectbureau Ruimte (city of Ghent), specifically working on transdisciplinary, complex spatial projects. He is also the founder of STR.AAT ( www.str-aat.be ) - an urban think tank on storytelling, public space and co-creation, where he works on the projects (1) 'Straatart' (in colla...

Nourhan Bassam Ph. D. (Feminist Urbanist, Ph. D Urban, Design & Placemaking, Founding Director The Gendered City, The Gendered City Author, FEM. DES. Network Creator) The Book ⁠https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPB49Y4D⁠ ⁠https://genderedcity.org⁠ The NetworkFEM. DES  ⁠https://genderedcity.org/fem-des⁠ ⁠https://femurbanatlas.com⁠ Nourhan Bassam is a feminist urbanist and architect with a Ph. D. in U...

Naser Hasso  (Stadsplanerare & student vid Karlstads Universitet) Vi pratar om Nasers examensarbete. Studien undersöker hur lekplatser i urbana miljöer kan anpassas för barn med synnedsättningar. Nedan kan ni ta del av de rekommendationer som studien har kommit fram till. Alla rekommendationer och parametrar är viktiga att ta i beaktning vid planering och utformning av lekplatser i urbana milj...

Seunghoon HAN (City DesignerAffiliation : Chaire ETI (Entrepreneurship Territory Innovation) at IAE Paris Sorbonne University) The "Happy Proximity" concept is an idea in urbanism that emphasizes the benefits of having essential services, amenities, and social interactions within a short distance from where people live. It revolves around designing cities and neighborhoods in ways that enable resi...

Luciana Renner (Fundación Placemaking México Architect, Radio Host, & Music Selector) Instagram https://instagram.com/lucyrenner/ Lucy is an Architect, radio host, and music selector. She explores the relationship between musical expressions and the urban spaces where they emerge. Her sets are characterized by nostalgic soundscapes and melodies ranging from soul and global groove to folk, down...

In collaboration with Placemaking Week Europe, 2024, Rotterdam. Read more ⁠⁠⁠https://pwe2024.sched.com/⁠⁠ Guest: Andrew Coward (Director/Co-founder of Reactivate Consulting + Sydney District Council Chair of the Urban Land Institute) Andrew is an urban strategist, placemaker and engagement professional, based in Sydney Australia, working on projects around the Asia Pacific and Europe. He co-founde...

Joanna Messmer (Projektchef, Open House Stockholm) Open House Stockholm syftar till att involvera allmänheten i stadens utveckling och stimulera intresset för arkitektur och samhällsbyggande. Open House Stockholm är en del av det globala nätverket Open House Worldwide samt har ett treårigt samarbetsprojekt med Open House Europe. Utforska Stockholms mest fascinerande byggnader och platser med OH oc...

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Martynas Germanavičius (International project manager, head of Open House EU, Lithuania) and Joanna Messmer (Executive officer - Open House Stockholm, Sweden) We are talking about Open House EU. Open House Europe is a cooperation project that connects different Open House festival organisers across Europe and enables their collaboration and knowledge exchange. By encouraging and promoting an inter...

Robin Cox (Cultural explorer and city photographer, based in The Hague, The Netherlands). We are talking about: Robin's mission is to make today’s cities more human. How does creativity contribute to bringing people together within urban environments? Good Place podcast Links: Photography -  rcxmoment.com Good Place interview series -  goodplace.cc Creative Studio for cities -  acitymadebypeop...

David Andersson   (Arts & Culture Team at Bloomberg Associates, Brooklyn, New York, USA) ABOUT THE ASPHALT ART INITIATIVE:  Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative responds to the growing number of cities around the world embracing art as an effective and low-cost strategy to improve street safety and create vibrant public spaces. The initiative has supported 90 projects in North Amer...

Helsingborg City in southern Sweden has transformed into a playful city. Over the past decade, the city has invested in numerous thematic playgrounds. These have encouraged school students, kindergarteners, and adults with their children to explore different parts of the city, breaking out of their usual social and neighborhood "bubbles." What a smart investment and city development stra...

Hélène Chartier (Director of Urban Planning and Design at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group) We are talking about: -C40 cities - T he design guidance for green and thriving public spaces About C40: C40 is a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using an inclusive, science-b...

Daniel Casas Valle (Urban designer/planner, Researcher, Director, Porto) We are talking about: - The book The Future Design of Streets - How do we imagine future streets, and space more as a balanced mix of what? - How can we improve existing streets to make these spaces more valuable for people and nature? Order the book here: https://thefuturedesignofstreets.eu/ Contact Danile on daniel@urbandyn...