Author Archives: Mustafa Sherif

Happy to announce a collaboration between Urban Future. and Urbanistica Podcast Urban Future is the world’s largest meeting place for CityChangers: people who strive to make their cities more sustainable with passion and commitment. They implement tangible projects, thus vastly improving life in their city. Co-Founded in 2014 by Gerald Babel-Sutter, each conference takes place in a different European city.  Continue reading “Collaboration with Urban Future”

I senaste numret av Hållbart Byggande berättar jag om min passion för att skapa platser och städer för barn som stadsplanerare på AFRY och mitt arbetet med Urbanistica Podcast. Under temat Bygga för barn tittar Hållbart Byggande också närmare på hur barnperspektivet beaktas i samhällsbyggnadsbranschen, och vad det har för betydelse att FN:s barnkonvention numera är svensk lag. Läs intervjunContinue reading ” Hållbart Byggand”

𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. This was the main topic of my conversation with Carl-Johan Hamilton (VP and Co-Founder of Ants Tech Recruiters ). Thank you for having me on your #Techrekpodden Podcast. We talked about:-Urban Planning, from drawing paper to a digital twin city.-My journey, from working at a university library and as a math teacherContinue reading “Digital Twin Cities”

🏆 Congratulations to the first winner of Södertälje Hackathon Team Ptolemaios with team members Agnes Colliander, Daniel Källberg, Emanuel Källberg, Ludvig Kratzert, Sofia Gren, and Simon Källberg. 🚀 It’s a big pleasure to be a member of the Lead Jury and to present the winners of Hack för Södertälje Hackathon. 💡 The first winner’s solution is toContinue reading “Hack for Södertälje 2022”

I find it very interesting that architects, planners, landscape architects, traffic planners … need to consider a new perspective in our cities. Robot’s perspective! We design and build buildings that are functional and last for at least 100 years. But the question here is, are we considering robots when we design our 100 years buildings?Continue reading “Robot friendly cities”

❄️Greetings from KTH Royal Institute of Technology Arkitekturskolan  I am always happy to go back to my lovely home university to share more practical experiences with students. Last week I lectured on #childfriendlycities :– WHY should we plan and design child-friendly cities?– HOW can we co-plan and co-design together with children?– WHAT urban planning and design elements make child-friendly cities?–Continue reading “Child-Friendly Cities lecture at KTH”

Episode 5 – Belonging to our Cities: a Conversation with Urban Planner, Mustafa Sherif In this episode, I sit down with Mustafa Sherif. He is the creator and host of the URBANISTICA podcast. He is also an Urban Planner working at AFRY in Stockholm, Sweden. Mustafa was born in Bagdad and came to Sweden with his family atContinue reading “Create Belonging Podcast”

By the end of this year, I love to thank you for being part of my 2021 journey and for making it fun, inspirational, and impactful. I am very proud of all projects I work with at AFRY. Big thanks to our clients and to all my brave team players and leaders. For me, every single projectContinue reading “Thank you 2021”

💙 Thank you so much for being part of this journey. I am blessed by having/ working with fantastic people like you. I received 2x Awards from Betonggalan:🏆 The first one is Ung och Tung, Young and Successful Award, for a person under the age of 30 who has made a significant contribution to the development of theContinue reading “2x Awards from Betonggalan”

Vad händer om man planerar staden ur barnets perspektiv? Hur kan politiker och beslutsfattare, med ansvar för barns vardagsliv, skapa förutsättningar för en barnvänlig stadsplanering? Kan konventionen om barnets rättigheter vara ett stöd i komplexa planeringsfrågor? Ger Agenda 2030, Strategi för levande städer och politiken för gestaltad livsmiljö stöd för en barnvänlig stadsplanering? Super intressantContinue reading “BARN-PLATS-LEK-STAD”