This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding.
My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design.
In this episode we discuss:
- How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spaces
- The importance of working closely with local communities
- Examples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spaces into places for people and nature.
- How to manage the complexities and constraints of working in cities.
More about LDA Design and the projects we discuss:
LDA Website
Greening London's West End
Alfred Place Gardens
Princes Circus
Cambridge Lawn to Meadow project
Connect with Sophie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-thompson-51b4748/
Further listening:
Listen to all the urban rewilding episodes.
Listen to my previous episode with LDA on their Strand Aldwych project: #81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA
Cover image of Princes Circus, London by LDA Design. Photo by Studio Maple, used with permission from LDA Design.
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