Social Life and COVID-19 - Social Life Project

A Tragedy and a Big Idea

Placemaking Resource Center: Creating organic and productive places for people to come together, reflect on the social life of their cities and communities, spark new ideas through conversations and case studies, and be inspired to take the social life of these places into their own hands

Great Public Spaces

Kungsträdgården: Stockholm's Square for All

Stockholm's Kungsträdgården has everything one could want in a great square. It is one of the most diverse and important squares in Europe

Paris

Paris is the World Capital of Affection, Comfort, and Joy

Public Displays of Affection. From simple eye contact to a kiss — human contact imbues a place with life. The natural expression of reaching out to communicate with or touch one another is a basic way of communicating, and is almost as important as breathing.

Architecture of Place

Porch Life: Building Social Neighborhoods

As "in-between" spaces, porches create a soft edge that mediates between individual and community, public and private, and in these times, offer a safe way to maintain our social, mental and physical health.

Transformative Ideas

Our Global Catastrophes will be Solved by Local Communities

The problems we face are global in scale. Yet the most effective solutions can be found on the local level. The frontlines for social change today are in neighborhoods, villages, towns and cities.

Social Life and COVID-19

Coming Out of the Pandemic—We Will Have A Greater Appreciation for Social Life

Great Places to congregate can heal us in many ways As we ponder what the world will look like coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, one outcome might be something quite unexpected— a new realization about what matters most in life. With billions of people today longing to bond again

Social Life and COVID-19

Open Our Communities: 10 Ways to Restoring Social Connections and Local Economies

How do we “tip-toe” our way back to a flourishing social life, capitalizing on local knowledge to make sensible choices about how to reopen our communities by involving local people in the decisions.

Social Life and COVID-19

Lockdown In Italy: What I Miss Most

In praise of sociability—the active ingredient of everyday life

Social Life and COVID-19

How Social Life Endures Amid the Pandemic in Italy

Ironically, a lively social life in a community makes physical distancing more effective