Topic: Urbanism

10 ideas to transform the future of public spaces

African public spaces are complex, especially so against the backdrop of fast urbanising cities and increasing socio-economic volatility. Public space in South Africa was, and in some instances still remains, a contentious issue due to apartheid spatial planning...Read more

24-12-2018|Comment|author: Future Cape Town

Design as democracy: Barcelona’s ‘Carritos’ encourage a more inclusive urbanism

Community participation has become a checklist item for any major urban development project. But what does community participation actually mean? What would it look like if we flipped the responsibility of engagement from citizens to...Read more

21-11-2018|Comment|author: David de la Peña

Reclaiming public space through play

Can playing be used as a tool to reclaim cities for people; involving both children and adults in a process to re-inhabit public space? We can assert, yes, it can. The experience of “FLPP. Fronte...Read more

01-12-2015|Comment|author: TaMaLaCa - Interdisciplinary research group

10 ways to build a city for children

The Vancouver-based urbanist, Jillian Glover, an advisor to the Canadian government who runs the ‘This City Life’ blog-site, has identified the ten features that she believes are the key to building child-friendly cities. Suggesting that,...Read more

19-11-2015|Comment|author: Adrian Voce