Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People

The Place Man (2024) is a documentary produced and directed by Guillermo Bernal that explores the roots of the placemaking movement through the life of Fred Kent . You can watch the movie (19 minutes) on YouTube here https://youtu.be/LBf_I-sB5ZM?si=au8Vd79mxcODPKSP You can listen to the movie in audio format in this episode. Ps: Episode 395. The Place Man movie - Guillermo Bernal, you can listen t...

We are going to create short videos from interviews and publish them on: Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@urbanisticapodcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@urbanistica.podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/urbanistica.podcast/ Keep up the good work Keep loving cities

Jennie Björstad (Sociolog, strateg social hållbarhet, AFRY) Vi pratar om: - Varför är det viktigt med dialoger och delaktighet när vi planerar städer? - Risker med generaliseringar och planeringsideal - Varför ska vi vara kritiska till vår kunskap? - Vems röster hörs? Måste vi prata med alla? - Vad finns det för olika nivåer av delaktighet – vad har vi för nytta av att reflektera kring det? ___ Ke...

Urbanistica podcast is celebrating 400 episodes with our special guest Professor Carlos Moreno (Co-Founder & Scientific Director “Entrepreneurship, Territory, Innovation” Chair chez Paris1 - Pantheon Sorbonne University, France) We are talking about: - The 15-minute city book - Attacks from conspiracy theorists and death threats - Learnings from Anne Hidalgo's leadership - The "15 min...

Anna Sundman (Partner, VD, Arkitekt SAR/MSA, på Theory Into Practice AB) Vi pratar om: - Theory Into Practice - Vad är affärsmodellen? - Vidga arkitektensroll, till vad? - Vad är innovation inom arkitektur? - Vad är kopplingen till Svenska Arkitekturinstitutet? - Vad ska arkitekter sluta göra? varför? ___ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are pers...

Tamlyn Shimizu (Global Partnerships & Communications Lead at BABLE Smart Cities, Germany). We are talking about: - Smart City and the podcast -What is a smart city? -Based on Tamlyn and what she hears from her guests: what should urban planners stop doing when they plan smart cities? why? -What skills should urban planners learn? why? Everyone is invited to explore the BABLE Use Case database...

Alessandro M. Lucca   (Arkitekt och Partner, Brunnberg & Forshed Arkitektkontor AB) Vi pratar om: - Vilka kompetens behöver arkitekter idag för att möta dagens utmaningar? -Hur skiljer det sig mellan att jobba som arkitekt i Italien och i Sverige? - Vad kan arkitekter i Sverige lära sig från arkitekter i Italien? - Vad är Sandros filosofi om arkitektur och stadsutveckling? hur skapas en levand...

After many requests from listeners, I am sharing some parts of my story. In this episode you will hear about me, my childhood, and how I was moving from one city to another because of war. Moreover, how did this develop a passion in me for making cities for people? This is the first episode of the new season (4th) of the Urbanistica podcast. Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ You can al...

Giulia Frittoli  (Partner and Landscape Architect at BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group) We are talking about Toyota Woven City. Read more about the project here. Together with Toyota Motor Corporation, BIG unveils Toyota Woven City as the world’s first urban incubator dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of mobility at the foothills of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Envisioned as a living laboratory to test an...

Glenn Karlsson (Market Area Manager Civil at AFRY, Inspirational Indoor Cycling Instructor, Environmentalist). We are talking about: -What is renewable energy? How do we produce it? - How does solar power work?- The latest and the largest solar power park with AFRY.- How can cities start scaling up their work with solar parks? - What should cities stop doing when working with renewable energy?- Wh...

Mathias Holst  (Chief Financial Officer på Lynk & Co International) Lynk & Co is the mobility company that aims to challenge outdated norms of car ownership and transform the way we use and own our cars. The company was formed to provide flexible and sustainable mobility solutions to a connected generation. Lynk & Co manufactures high-quality cars and allows its members to use them in entirely new...

Fredrik Palmblad (Creative Lead at AFRY Experience Studios) and Marijn Molenaar (Design Project lead, AFRY). We are talking about: - The design process of a bike? - 100 years doing the same thing, what is beyond a traditional bike? - How can we use a bike more than just a way to transport ourselves, can we have e.g. accessories, app integration, etc? - How can we integrate people into a design pro...

Women Reclaiming the City, International Research on Urbanism, Architecture, and Planning, Edited by Tigran Haas. We are talking with: - Professor Loretta Lees (FAcSS, MAE), Director of the Initiative on Cities, Boston University Initiative on Cities. - Setha Low, Distinguished Professor of environmental psychology, anthropology, geography, and women’s studies and director of the public space rese...

Patrick Verhoeve n (Partner at MANDAWORKS, Stockholm) We are talking about: - What is Storytelling when it comes to Urban design? - How do we discover new layers that lift the site give it new meaning and invite experiment? - How do we keep respect for the existing story and not just destroy/remove it with our new story and layers? - How do we keep and follow the DNA of a story, a strong red threa...

Carmen Mays, MPA  : an Urbanist and a Creative Entrepreneur, Making cities livable, equitable, and enjoyable for everybody in everybody at every stage of life. We are talking about: - Urbanism through the lens of being both Black and "American" in a national and global context. What are the challenges that a black & American faces in cities? - How to create equal opportunity in citie...

بهاي الحلقة اتكلم مع المهندسة العراقية ⁠Mariam Mohammedamin⁠ الي فازت بجائزة العام للمرأة في مجال البناء و الهندسة في السويد لسنة 2023 ___ 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 She...

Jesús Azpeitia Seron  (Creative director at Tengbom) We are talking about: - What is a creative architectural process? - How can we make architecture more inclusive both within a team but also with users? - What is beautiful and Aesthetics in Architecture? Is there a standard for beauty? - How do we translate beauty in architecture to money? - Do you think the architecture that we produce in Swede...

Jens Aerts (Team Manager Climate Resilience Planning at Sweco, Brussel-Bruxelles, Belgium). We are talking about child-friendly cities and Safe and Sound Cities Program ____ Photographer of the picture: Tini Cleemput ___ 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 otherwis...

Linus Kjellberg  (Head of Business Development, Atrium Ljungberg, Stockholm, Sweden) We are talking about Stockholm Wood City – the world’s largest wooden city. In a ground-breaking move, the Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City - the world's largest urban wooden construction project. The ambitious project is being built in Sickla, which is located in the sout...

Luca Ballarini  (Founder and Creative Director of Bellissimo, Founder of Stratosferica) we are talking about Utopian Hours festival. ___ This episode is in collaboration with Utopian Hours. Read more about Utopian Hours ⁠here ⁠ . Utopian Hours is the festival that talks about "city building": the ideas, projects and places that are improving life in cities around the world. For three day...

Zuhal Kol   (Architect/Founding Partner at Openact Architecture, Madrid, Spain) We are talking about teamwork, design methodology, New European Bauhaus and much more. In the dynamic world of architecture and urbanism, OPENACT emerges as a vibrant and visionary multidisciplinary design practice. The New European Bauhaus 2023 Finalists are known for transforming the essence of architecture into a ca...

Jacyntha Serre (Third-place development Consultant at Sinny&Ooko, France) Sinny&Ooko teach us the art of recycling urban spaces for environmental and social action, in one of the most dense cities in Europe. They are experts in the creation of eco-cultural third places. Their disruptive and experimental projects opened up the conversation on issues that make the city grow in a sustainable, innovat...

Petra Marko Architect, urban strategist and placemaking expert. Petra is co-founder of Marko&Placemakers -a consulting and city design agency- and creative director of the Milk collective. Active mainly in London, Marko has over 15 years of experience in the field of placemaking. Her mission is to build new identities and functions for the places in cities that need them most. Field research,...

Doug Gordon (Multimedia creator and communications strategist specializing in mobility and cities for people, USA) Doug is one of the voices of the podcast The War on Cars. We are talking about behind the scenes of making a podcast. The War on Cars, a series analysing the challenges and opportunities of urban transport. With a clear anti-car positioning, the podcast explores topics relatedo sustai...

Holzmarkt is a co-operative urban space in central Berlin offering space for cultural activities, restaurants and bars, small businesses, social infrastructure, urban gardening and spaces for community. The idea was born out of a protest against the city’s decision to drastically transform the abandoned areas in the river bank. Co-founder and Chief Emotional Officer Juval Dieziger , tells us the v...