Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People

Naser Hasso  (Stadsplanerare & student vid Karlstads Universitet) Vi pratar om Nasers upplevelse när han var synnedsatt. Han hade en ögonsjukdom under ungdomsåren som gjorde honom synnedsatt, och efter flera behandlingar och operationer kan han idag se och uppleva staden genom alla sina sinnen.

Vi pratar om: Hur rörde han sig hemma? Vägen till skolan och tillbaka? Hur upplevde han lekplatser, parker och olika platser i...

Alex Butt (Co-CEO and Head of Public Realm at WeAreWaterloo), Harrie Notton (Acting Co-Chief Executive & Head of Marketing at WeAreWaterloo BID), and Natalie Raben (Chief Executive at WeAreWaterloo BID) We are talking about: - What are Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)? - WeAreWaterloo BID project, London.  - How do you involve a community?

Read more about WeAreWaterloo placemaking strategy  here. _________ Keep U...

Nina Åman  (Stadsarkitekt Nacka kommun) Vi pratar om:

• Vad innebär stadsarkitektens roll?
• Stil och arkitektonisk kvalitet vs. tråkig arkitektur
• Hur ser det ut från detaljplaneskedet och det som sedan kommer in som bygglov?
• Vad behöver vi göra för att höja kvaliteten på planering och gestaltning?

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Nourhan Bassam (PhD Urban Design & Placemaking, Feminist Urbanist, Author, GamingX Founder) We are talking about: - The Gendered City book: How Cities Keep Failing Women - How have cities failed women? - How can we envision urban environments? - What do we need to make this vision of cities come true? Read more and order the book here. _________ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode...

Maja Manner (Business and Sustainability Director, Architecture & Design, AFRY)

Vi pratar om:

• Vad är klimatneutrala städer?
• Klimatneutralt Europa 2050
• Vad gör AFRY för att stödja städer som vill bli klimatneutrala?
• AFRY:s Opinionsundersökning om klimatanpassning och klimatomställning i åtta svenska tillväxtstäder. Läs mer här!
  

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Bram Dewolfs  (Director of Urban Foxes, Placemaker, Brussel, Belgium)

We are talking about:

- Urban Foxes and co-creation
- Why urban pedagogy?
- Teach in schools Vs. Placemaking

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All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.

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Agnes Fischer (VD, Boodla)

Vi pratar om Boodla.

Boodla arbetar innovativt med att ta till vara och utveckla städers gröna värden. De startade 2012 med stadsodling som verktyg för att skapa trygghet i grannskap samt sprida kunskap om biologisk mångfald, odling och hållbara matsystem. Idag har Boodla utvecklats till att arbeta brett med många nya idéer för att tillgängliggöra och aktivera gröna ytor i staden.

Deras vanligaste samarbe...

Demetrio Scopelliti (Director for Urban Planning and Public Space presso AMAT Agenzia Mobilità, Ambiente e Territorio)

We are talking about: - Tactical urbanism in Milano

- Officina urbana team

- M4 metro line project in Milano

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All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.

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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 to the movie Director ta...

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? ___ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving...

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 city 2.0"

Book release ...

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 personal to the guest and do not repr...

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 and join the community here.

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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 levande stad?

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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 ❤️️

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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 and advance mobility, autonomy, co...

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?- What skills should we engineers lear...

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 ways. Whether one wants to subscr...