Author Archives: Mustafa Sherif

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”

I call 2022 a year of people and making #citiesforpeople !During the last 3 months, I met more people than I met in the previous 3 years of COVID! I am grateful for being part of fantastic teams and organizations. I am grateful for having passionate team members and brave leaders around me & with me! IContinue reading “2022 was a year of people and making cities for people”

🎉 2022 is a BIG year! from the bottom of my heart to all Urbanistica Podcast – Cities for People listeners from 140 countries: THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! I am grateful for all guests who took their time to prepare, come to the studio/Zoom, and honestly share their work and life stories. The main thing that IContinue reading “2022 Podcast review”