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 mo…

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? _________ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ …

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 villbli klimatneutrala? AFRY:s Opinionsundersökning om klimatanpassning och klimatomställning i åtta svenska tillväxtstäder. Läs mer här! ___ Keep Up the Good W…

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 _________ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcas…

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 idé…

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 ___ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do n…

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 Pla…

We are going to create short videos from interviews and publish them on: Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@urbanisticapodcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@urbanistica.podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/urbanistica.podcast/ Keep up the good work Keep loving cities --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/urbanis…

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 …

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 An…

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 opi…

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 in…

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 arkitektu…

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 U…

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 Jap…

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 st…

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 an…

Fredrik Palmblad (Creative Lead at AFRY Experience Studios) and Marijn Molenaar (Design Project lead, AFRY). We are talking about: - The design process of a bike? - 100 years doing the same thing, what is beyond a traditional bike? - How can we use a bike more than just a way to transport ourselves, can we have e.g. accessories, app integration, et…

Women Reclaiming the City, International Research on Urbanism, Architecture, and Planning, Edited by Tigran Haas. We are talking with: - Professor Loretta Lees (FAcSS, MAE), Director of the Initiative on Cities, Boston University Initiative on Cities. - Setha Low, Distinguished Professor of environmental psychology, anthropology, geography, and wom…

Patrick Verhoeven (Partner at MANDAWORKS, Stockholm) We are talking about:- What is Storytelling when it comes to Urban design? - How do we discover new layers that lift the site give it new meaning and invite experiment? - How do we keep respect for the existing story and not just destroy/remove it with our new story and layers? - How do we keep a…

Carmen Mays, MPA : an Urbanist and a Creative Entrepreneur, Making cities livable, equitable, and enjoyable for everybody in everybody at every stage of life. We are talking about:- Urbanism through the lens of being both Black and "American" in a national and global context. What are the challenges that a black & American faces in cities? - How to…

بهاي الحلقة اتكلم مع المهندسة العراقية ⁠Mariam Mohammedamin⁠الي فازت بجائزة العام للمرأة في مجال البناء و الهندسة في السويد لسنة 2023___Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.Let's connect and talk furt…

Jesús Azpeitia Seron (Creative director at Tengbom) We are talking about: - What is a creative architectural process? - How can we make architecture more inclusive both within a team but also with users? - What is beautiful and Aesthetics in Architecture? Is there a standard for beauty? - How do we translate beauty in architecture to money? - Do yo…

Jens Aerts (Team Manager Climate Resilience Planning at Sweco, Brussel-Bruxelles, Belgium). We are talking about child-friendly cities and Safe and Sound Cities Program ____ Photographer of the picture: Tini Cleemput ___ Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represe…

Linus Kjellberg (Head of Business Development, Atrium Ljungberg, Stockholm, Sweden)We are talking about Stockholm Wood City – the world’s largest wooden city.In a ground-breaking move, the Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City - the world's largest urban wooden construction project. The ambitious project is bein…

Luca Ballarini (Founder and Creative Director of Bellissimo, Founder of Stratosferica) we are talking about Utopian Hours festival. ___This episode is in collaboration with Utopian Hours. Read more about Utopian Hours ⁠here ⁠. Utopian Hours is the festival that talks about "city building": the ideas, projects and places that are improving life in c…

Zuhal Kol (Architect/Founding Partner at Openact Architecture, Madrid, Spain) We are talking about teamwork, design methodology, New European Bauhaus and much more. In the dynamic world of architecture and urbanism, OPENACT emerges as a vibrant and visionary multidisciplinary design practice. The New European Bauhaus 2023 Finalists are known for tr…

Jacyntha Serre (Third-place development Consultant at Sinny&Ooko, France)Sinny&Ooko teach us the art of recycling urban spaces for environmental and social action, in one of the most dense cities in Europe. They are experts in the creation of eco-cultural third places. Their disruptive and experimental projects opened up the conversation on issues …

Petra Marko Architect, urban strategist and placemaking expert. Petra is co-founder of Marko&Placemakers -a consulting and city design agency- and creative director of the Milk collective. Active mainly in London, Marko has over 15 years of experience in the field of placemaking. Her mission is to build new identities and functions for the places i…

Doug Gordon (Multimedia creator and communications strategist specializing in mobility and cities for people, USA) Doug is one of the voices of the podcast The War on Cars. We are talking about behind the scenes of making a podcast. The War on Cars, a series analysing the challenges and opportunities of urban transport. With a clear anti-car positi…

Holzmarkt is a co-operative urban space in central Berlin offering space for cultural activities, restaurants and bars, small businesses, social infrastructure, urban gardening and spaces for community. The idea was born out of a protest against the city’s decision to drastically transform the abandoned areas in the river bank. Co-founder and Chief…

Hubert Beroche (Founder of Urban AI, Entrepreneur in Residence at PCA-STREAM, President of AI for Tomorrow, Paris, France) Urban AI think tank that wants to “urbanise” Artificial Intelligence. After having explored twelve cities to meet more than 130 technology innovation experts, in 2021, Hubert Beroche founded Urban AI - an interdisciplinary work…

This episode is in collaboration with Utopian Hours 2023 in Turin, Italy. I am chatting with Caroline Bos (Co-Founder and Principal Urban Planner at UNStudio, Netherlands). Read more about Utopian Hours here ⁠⁠https://utopianhours.it/ Utopian Hours is the festival that talks about "city building": the ideas, projects and places that are improving l…

Simon Iaffa Nylén (Head of Sustainability, Fastighets AB Regio, och Sustainability Manager, Brunswick Real Estate)Vi pratar om:-Strategiskt och systematiskt hållbarhetsarbete-Klimatriskanalyser enligt taxonomin -Science Based Targets initiativeKeep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the gu…

Dr. Lobna A. Mostafa (Urban Innovation, Community Engagement & City Humanization Expert, Co-Founder AMAKEN Placemaking Network for The Arab Countries, Associate Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Urbanism) في هذه الحلقة نتحدث عن: -التحديات التي تواجه مشاركة المجتمعات المحلية: التوقعات مقابل الواقع؟ -هل لدى الشخص العادي القدرة على تحديد وتشكي…

Sandra Mobaraki (Bygginspiratör på Byggsandra)Vi pratar om Byggsandra! __Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.Let's connect and talk further about this episode ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mustafa Sherif Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

Camilo Espitia (Deputy Director- Department of Planning and Development at City of Lowell, Massachusetts, USA) We are talking about Camilo's book: Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity. The book examines several Latin American cities, each with specific challenges, and…

Joanna Messmer (Projektchef Open House Stockholm)Välkommen till OPEN HOUSE STOCKHOLMUnder en helg får du möjlighet att upptäcka spännande byggnader och platser och delta på gratis guidade visningar i hela Storstockholmsområdet. Läs mer om Open House Stockholm porgrampunkter här!Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️All opinions expressed in …

⁠Joanna Messmer ⁠ (Projektchef Open House Stockholm) och Melker Ferdfelt (Student Samhällsbyggnad KTH och områdesansvarigpå Open House Stockholm)Välkommen till OPEN HOUSE STOCKHOLMUnder en helg får du möjlighet att upptäcka spännande byggnader och platser och delta på gratis guidade visningar i hela Storstockholmsområdet. Läs mer om Open House Stoc…

Guillermo Bernal (Global Program Director at PlacemakingX) We are talking about The Place Man movie. Read more and watch it here. Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated. Let's connect and talk further …

Alaa Alshawa (Co-Founder and CEO at Combify, Stockholm, Sweden) We are talking about: -Combify platform. Combify is an UrbanTech and ConTech company specializing in the visualization and digitalization of construction projects' data. Check more here https://sv.combify.com/ -Alaa's journey about immigrating from Syria to Sweden. How did he cross dif…

Ramon Marrades (Director at Placemaking Europe) Placemaking Europe is a European network that connects practitioners, academics, community leaders, market players and policy makers across the field of placemaking.Read more about Placemaking Week and buy your ticket here. Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each e…

Alma Jacobson (Building Sweden's innovation capacity and contributing to sustainable growth)Vi pratar om:- Almas uppväxt och passion - Hur kan arkitekter och stadsplanerare bli mer innovativa - Hur kan vi tänka människan i centrum när vi planerar och bygger städer- Almas roll på VINNOVA (Vinnova är Sveriges innovationsmyndighet)Keep Up the Good Wor…

Rawad Choubassi (Partner/ Director at Systematica and Member of the Board of Directors at Transform Transport, Milan, Italy)We are talking about "Step up" project Walkability for Women in Milan:- How do women experience streets? - What is the methodology behind this project? please guide us throw the working process step by step (in detail so we le…

Linda Gustafsson (VD Arkitekt SAR/MSA på Visbyark) Vi pratar om: - Dialog och samskapande processer - Lindas utbildning och jobb i London Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated. Let's connect and talk …

Asal Mohtashami (Member of Building Diversity, Founder of AIMING SPACES, Architect, Urbanist) and Christine Bjerke (Member of Building Diversity, Founder & Architect at Christine Bjerke Studio) We are talking about Building Diversity, and the Open call/ Publication: Who is the architect? Building Diversity is a non-profit organisation working to en…

Ludwig von Werder ⁠(Urban Planner, Stockholm, AFRY)I am asking Ludwig;- Tell us about your videos when you are out with your baby and exploring the city of Stockholm. -What are your findings from the different areas? What are the aspects that were good and not so good? - How can we as planners and urban designers change this and make a city friendl…

Olga Grönvall Lund (Initiator and founder of non-profit organisation Reformaten - a movement for a positive global food system) We are talking about: - What is the mission of Reformaten? - How cities be part of food production? - How can we as citizens take an active part in the making of sustainable and healthy food environments? Keep Up the Good …

Anna Broberg (COO and co-founder at Maptionnaire by Mapita Oy) We are talking about Anna's Ph.D. research in Finland and also about her work at Maptionnaire. Read more about her research here. Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica P…