You are where you sit: Zurich shows us how
Zurich shows us how people thrive in places that reflect their personality and different people need different settings. Diversity of seating is a necessary amenity.
Fred Kent
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Vancouver Community Discussion: Can they Create the Waterfront they Deserve?
Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada. Two important questions to ask are: Has it lost its soul? And Can it create the great waterfront a great city deserves?
How Placemaking and Social Life are Helping Win the Climate War - 11 Ways
When it comes to addressing climate change in a way that actually moves the needle, the creativity and community-orientation that always defined the global Placemaking movement can be the foundation for the future of communities everywhere--and for our planet.
Creating Catalytic Public Squares, Our work, Part I
What great squares have to offer their communities is limitless. The most magical parts about these places are the simple, crucial chance encounters that allow us to have with others.
Introducing Placemaking Resource Centers
Creating organic, productive places for people to come together, reflect on the social life of their communities, spark ideas through conversation, and be inspired to take the social life of these places into their own hands
Throwing (Good) Shade for Placemaking
Creating shade can be an intentional strategy developed with and led by communities. It can have an enormous collective impact on walkability, Social Life, and climate resilience.