EPISODE · Oct 21, 2024 · 28 MIN
478. Visioning future cities - Rosanna Vitiello
from Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People · host Mustafa Sherif
Rosanna Vitiello (Bureau Chief + Founding Director, The Place Bureau, London, England, United Kingdom) Links to Collective Place Futures Toolkit: https://www.theplacebureau.com/toolkit Natural Futures book: https://www.theplacebureau.com/insights/natural-futures-is-live Short about Rosanna's workshop during Placemaking Week Europe in Rotterdam: Waterfront Worldbuilding: Creative Foresight to tackle Critical Coastal Challenges The future of our waterfronts and coastal regions will determine the future of our world. Flooding and sea-level rises will impact billions around the world. Drawing tools from the world of speculative design and filmmaking, a cohort of 20 placemakers from around the world joined us to gaze out across the water, imagining a world on the shores of a distant future where the waterfront shapes new ways to experience nature and culture in the city. Using a playful ‘dispatches from the future’ worldbuilding method tackle critical challenges facing waterfront regions, we introduced placemakers to the value of building long term futures-thinking into their process, providing tools to become more critical, confident, and imaginative. In collaboration with Placemaking Week Europe, 2024, Rotterdam. Read more https://pwe2024.sched.com/ _____ Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin. Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook & Youtube channel.
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Rosanna Vitiello (Bureau Chief + Founding Director, The Place Bureau, London, England, United Kingdom) Links to Collective Place Futures Toolkit: https://www.theplacebureau.com/toolkit Natural Futures book: https://www.theplacebureau.com/insights/natural-futures-is-live Short about Rosanna's workshop during Placemaking Week Europe in Rotterdam: Waterfront Worldbuilding: Creative Foresight to tackle Critical Coastal Challenges The future of our waterfronts and coastal regions will determine the future of our world. Flooding and sea-level rises will impact billions around the world. Drawing tools from the world of speculative design and filmmaking, a cohort of 20 placemakers from around the world joined us to gaze out across the water, imagining a world on the shores of a distant future where the waterfront shapes new ways to experience nature and culture in the city. Using a playful ‘dispatches from the future’ worldbuilding method tackle critical challenges facing waterfront regions, we introduced placemakers to the value of building long term futures-thinking into their process, providing tools to become more critical, confident, and imaginative. In collaboration with Placemaking Week Europe, 2024, Rotterdam. Read more https://pwe2024.sched.com/ _____ Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin. Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook & Youtube channel.
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