Author Archives: Mustafa Sherif

373. Place Governance in a Fragmented Worldwith Nate Storring (Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, USA) We are talking about Hyperlocal book.When it comes to uneven urban growth and investment, place-based governance structures in the United States and around the globe have been both part of the problem and part of the solution. Hyperlocal explore both theContinue reading “Place Governance in a Fragmented World – Project for Public Spaces”

💡 On the 31st of March was time for the yearly Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day #IGEday The day when companies all over Sweden opened their doors to girls and non-binary 13-19 years old to try the engineering profession hands-on and meet role models. Big thanks to my fantastic AFRY colleagues for making this happen.We did differentContinue reading “IGE day 2023”

PMI Sweden Chapter Under 35 Changemaker Award CeremonyThe Award goes to 6 talented and inspiring change makers who have contributed to successful changes within each focus area of Leadership, Tech, and sustainability. I am honored to be a Jury member and moderator for the Award ceremony. Here is a summary of my talk with the winnersContinue reading “Jury member for 35 Changemaker Award Ceremony”

🏅Very honored to be selected as one of the 100 most powerful/influential people and organizations in Architecture and Design for 2023 in Sweden. The jury’s motivation is for my Urbanistica Podcast – Cities for People work, for me inviting people from different disciplines to share their stories about how we make cities for people! Big thanks to Byrum.se forContinue reading “The 100 most powerful/influential people Award”

👥 Adults: let’s just move away the snow from the streets and put it here in between buildings.☃️ Children: let’s enjoy this snow as it’s the Frozen movie from Disney. Vad sägs om vi börjar med vintergator precis som vi har sommargator? Sometimes it does not require so much to create a livable place andContinue reading “Winter streets”

I think many of you heard or read about “Leave No One Behind”. It’s from the adoption of Agenda 2030, 193 United Nations Member States pledged to ensure “no one will be left behind”. As urban planners, designers, and architects, we have a lot to do with these words. One example can be during aContinue reading “Leave No One Behind when we make cities for people”

How about me lecturing at the only global urbanist organization founded with Jane Jacobs?Dream come true! I am going to be part of the Jane Jacobs Lecture Series & will talk about making cities for people (children) Avilable on Youtube now A special thanks to Center for the Living City. It was founded in cooperation with #JaneJacobs ,Continue reading “Jane Jacobs Lecture Series”

Don’t forget the sun & the snow ☀️ the Sun-Snow ❄️Based on our experience within urban planning and design dialogues and community engagement activities, most of the time children and adults relate to the current weather when they tell stories and their opinion about a place or an area. Here is what I mean☀️ IContinue reading “Seasonality in The making of a place”

These are answers that are generated from ChatGPD. I didn’t change any words in the answers. I just copy the conversation and paste it here. You can also listen to it on Urbanistica Podcast here. Can you introduce yourself to me? what is ChatGPT? Hello! I am ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI.Continue reading “I interview OpenAI ChatGPT about cities”

All Urban Planning and Design projects matter!There is not only one single project that can transform an entire city. It’s a series of different scales of projects that over time transform a city and make it a city for people. 💪 Please don’t underestimate your “small” projects. Let’s keep in mind that all projects matterContinue reading “All Urban Planning and Design projects matter”