Reggio Emilia approach cities for children
On September 25, 2025, I had the honor of moderating the session “Everyday Adventure: Designing the City for Children” during Placemaking Week Europe in Reggio Emilia. The session brought together…
FIRST® LEGO® League 2025 at Tekniska Museet
Mustafa Sherif – Jury Member at FIRST® LEGO® League 2025 at Tekniska Museet On November 8, 2025, Mustafa Sherif, urban planner and podcast host of Urbanistica Podcast, participated as a…
a Chair at this City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona
Honored to participate as a Chair at this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, the world’s biggest and most influential event on urban innovation. This year’s theme,…
Collaboration with the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona 2025
Urbanistica Podcast is proud to announce its collaboration with the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) — the world’s biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation. The…
A blog about The Power of Storytelling in Placemaking
I recently wrote a blog for Placemaking Europe about how storytelling can be a powerful tool in placemaking. Placemaking is not only about designing spaces, but also about people, their…
Placemaking: Framtidens inkluderande och levande handel
Den 10 september deltog jag som talare på konferensen Köpcentrum & Butiker 2025 https://www.fastighetsvarlden.se/seminarier/kopcentrum-butiker-2025/ på Nalen i Stockholm, arrangerad av Fastighetsvärlden. Seminariet samlade aktörer från handel, fastigheter och stadsutveckling för…
Placewashing eller Placemaking?
Placemaking, placeinnovation, placewishing, placewashing, placebranding… place, place, place.. De senaste åren och även framåt ligger ett stort fokus på “place” och “public space”. Därför hör vi också fler nya begrepp…
Thomas Sandell gästar Urbanistica Podcast – Ett samtal om framtidens arkitektur
Hur ser framtidens arkitektur och stadsutveckling egentligen ut?Arkitekturen påverkar hur vi lever, möts och mår – och i en tid av klimatkris, snabb teknikutveckling och förändrade livsmönster ställs helt nya…
Speaking at message.TALKs – Creating for and with Kids: Livable Places and Engaging Designs
I’m honored to be invited as a guest speaker at the upcoming message.TALKs on July 17th, where we’ll dive into the topic of child-friendly cities – places that are not…
Panel – PRATA PLATS: Placemaking, Placewishing eller Placewashing?
Jag är glad och hedrad över att ha blivit inbjuden att delta i panelen på nästa PRATA PLATS – ett samtal som lyfter viktiga frågor om stadsutvecklingens verkliga påverkan. När?…
Alumni Night
I was invited to speak at Alumni Night for the Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Master’s program at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.I shared my journey, from being a student…
Speaker at PLACExNordic
Excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at PLACExNordic – The Place Attractiveness Conference, 12th – 13th May 2025The powerful theme is – Electrify Change I’ll be speaking about the Placemaking movement…
The Nature of Our Cities
In a world increasingly defined by concrete and code, urban ecologist and technologist Nadina Galle is leading a quiet revolution: bringing nature back into our cities—not just with trees and…
Can We Just Give People a Normal Bench?
🧐 If you like placing permanent “one-person benches” randomly in spaces between buildings, come to the front of the class!We have something to learn from people! ❌ While aesthetically beautiful…
Ansök nu till kursen: Klimateffektiv fastighetsförvaltning och social hållbarhet
📢 Ansök nu till kursen: Klimateffektiv fastighetsförvaltning och social hållbarhet på JENSEN yrkeshögskola Fastighetsbranschen står inför stora förändringar! Klimatmålen närmar sig snabbt, och kraven på hållbar fastighetsförvaltning blir allt tuffare.…
Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast
I recently had the honor of being a guest on the Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast, hosted by Sandra Poelman. In this engaging episode, we explored how we can design inclusive…
Nordic Placemaking Network
❄️ Nordic Placemaking Network kickoff!Last week, we gathered in Copenhagen for the first Nordic Placemaking Network workshop, bringing together placemakers from local networks across the region. 🏡 The workshop took…
Sveriges Arkitekter studenter tävlingsvinnare
💡 Idéutlysningen “Stadsbyggnad Genom Samarbete” – en framgång för hållbar stadsutveckling! Det har varit en ära att vara en del av juryn för idéutlysningen som arrangerades av Sveriges Arkitekter Studenterna…
Open House Stockholm Arkitektur festival 2025
Open House Stockholm är en unik festival som öppnar dörrarna till stadens mest spännande byggnader och platser – helt gratis. Syftet är att engagera allmänheten i stadens utveckling och väcka…
Cillers Podcast: World Class Hackathons
I was pleased to be a guest in Cillers Podcast: World Class Hackathons. In “World Class Hackathons”, Per Lange talks to international tech experts and hackathon pros from the world’s…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 documentary 2024
I have a movie recommendation for you: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 (2024) ⏱️ Take 19 minutes to watch this insightful documentary about the history of the Placemaking Movement through the life…
Placemaking Movement and Bureaucracy with Charles Landry
One of the best episodes of 2024 was recorded by the fireplace during Placemaking Europe Week in Rotterdam. Tune in to episode 484: Placemaking Movement and Bureaucracy with Charles Landry…
Sustainability and placemaking
I was invited to join a panel to discuss Placemaking and its role in achieving sustainability. I highly recommend reading the book The City at Eye Level Asia-Pacific, which covers…
Gestaltad livsmiljö
Är du nyfiken på hur arbetet med gestaltad livsmiljö kan gå till i praktiken?Hur skapar vi inkluderande platser för barn och ungdomar? Jag har fått äran att föreläsa och dela…
Arktisk Placemaking Pajala och Övertorneå kommun
Projekt kick-off arctic placemaking”Hur vi möts under norrsken och midnattssol” Övertorneå kommun och Pajala Kommun är två arktiska glesbygdskommuner som genom projektet utforskar hur vi kan utveckla hållbara och hälsofrämjande…
A Placemaking session for Master studetns at KTH
We had an inspiring Placemaking outdoor session with the Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Master’s brilliant students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Professor Tigran Haas. 💰 We explored…
Idétävling om arkitektur och stadsbyggnad på KTH
Lanseringsevent för idétävling om arkitektur och stadsbyggnad. 🎨 @sveriges_arkitekter Studenterna och @arwidssonstiftelsen bjuder in alla arkitektur och stadsbyggnadsintresserade universitets- och högskolestudenter att delta i vår utlysning, där vi söker idéer…
Placemaking week Europe Rotterdam 2024
A vlog about my fantastic experience during Placemaking Europe Week in Rotterdam! This year, we reached new heights with 715 participants from 80 countries, and 250 speakers leading 170 sessions…
Dream! Hack! Build! book is now published!
Dream! Hack! Build! book is about a method for finding citizen-driven impactful solutions and executing them effectively. What is a hackathon? A hackathon is a short event where people come…
Sthlm Talks #53 Är hälsa den nya hållbarheten?
Fint kontor! kloka personer! Bra samtal på Fastighetsägarna! Jag fick äran att gästa höstens första avsnitt av Sthlmtalks Fastighetsägarna Stockholms podd tillsammans med Helena Klintström, chef hållbar stads- och fastighetsutveckling på…
Back to school KTH 2024
Vi välkomnade ca 450 nyantagna studenter inom KTHs program Arkitektur, Samhällsbyggnad, Byggteknik och design, Fastighet- och finans samt Fastighetsutveckling med fastighetsförmedling. Så kul att vara tillbaka på KTH! Det är…
A summer vacation in Playground Paradise
Helsingborg City in southern Sweden has transformed into a playful city. Over the past decade, the city has invested in numerous thematic playgrounds. These have encouraged school students, kindergarteners, and…
KEYNOTE CONVERSATIONS book
‘Keynote Conversations book’, a book not found in every bookstore. It has been described as an urban Pecha-Kucha festival in the shape of a book and features insights from 100…
Magasin SIS – Svenska institutet för standarder, SIS
Jag har fått äran att skriva sista ordet på tidskriften Magasin SIS – Svenska institutet för standarder, SIS. Magasin SIS är en tidskrift för dig som jobbar med att integrera…
Mustafa Sherif named Top 10 Talent in Engineering NOVA 111 list 2024
Mustafa Sherif has been named among the top 10 talents in Engineering & Production in Sweden by the prestigious Nova 111 List for 2024. This recognition highlights Mustafa’s exceptional contributions…
Placemaking Sweden meetup
Dream Come True!We had our first Placemaking Sweden meetup!I am so happy to have met so many passionate people IRL and digitally. 💡 The theme for the first meetup was…
Will cities in reality look like the cities we see in movies?
How can/should/will future cities look? Will cities in reality look like the cities we see in movies? This was the topic of my speech at the Future Maker Summit in…
4x examensarbeten
Inkluderande platser och städer för människor är det gemensamma temat mellan de fyra olika examensarbetena som jag är glad att bidra till. Varje termin älskar jag att ge min tid,…
We are launching Placemaking Sweden
Nu startar jag tillsammans med Fredrik Lindstål, entreprenör, VD för Glad stad, Board member Placemaking Europe, och Karin Lekberg, kulturstrateg på KLab Placemaking Sweden! 💡 En oberoende och nationell nätverksplattform…
Introduce a Girl to Engineering day a
Introduce a Girl to Engineering day at AFRY The day when companies all over Sweden opened their doors to girls and non-binary 13-19 years to try the engineering and design…
Bilar eller barn?
Dialoger med människor motiverar mig mycket i mitt yrke. Ofta är jag jätteglad efter att ha hållit dialoger, men ibland blir jag ledsen!Det som gör mig ledsen är när vissa…
Nominera till Ung och Tung priset!
Nominera din medarbetare som är under 30 år till Ung och Tung-priset! Kriterier: person under 30 år som på ett tungt sätt bidragit till att utveckla branschen. Senast den 3…
Top Urban Planning Voice
Top Urban Planning Voice 🥇Today I earned a cool badge from LinkedIn. I have been documenting my career every week, by posting a picture of something I do and writing…
Lekplatser för barn med synnedsättningar
Jag har fått äran att bli examenshandledare till två talangfulla studenter från Karlstad University, Naser Hasso Adib och Oscar Wallman, som studerar sista terminen inom samhällsplanerarprogrammet. Naser Hasso och Oscar Wallman undersöker hur lekplatser…
The Place Man movie
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…
Urbanistica on Tiktok
Now I am going to do short video clips from interviews and upload them on TikTok. Follow Urbanistica on TikTok here. Here is an example of a short video clip…
A book about Hackathon
Hack for Earth team is writing a book about hackathons and it’s coming out soon. So what is a hackathon?A hackathon is a short event, where people come together to collaborate…
15 minutes city with Carlose Moreno
In this very special episode of Urbanistica Podcast – Cities for People, I am honored to have Professor Carlos Moreno, and talk about:- Attacks from conspiracy theorists and death threats- His new…
LAVA arbetsmarknadsmässan för samhällsbyggnadssektionen på KTH
❤️️ TACK till alla grymma studenter som besökte oss igår på arbetsmarknadsmässan för samhällsbyggnadssektionen på KTH! 🏅 Jag har läst om AFRYs rankning som 2:a plats bland mest attraktiva arbetsgivare…
The Winners of Imagine a Space for the Young competition
Congratulations to the winners of the “Imagine a Space for the Young” competition by Architects Without Borders’ Stockholm local group: Honorable mention: Sara Ocklind Entry: The colored wooden labyrinth Winners:…
A new season of Urbanistica podcast
The New Season of Urbanistica Podcast starts today—season number 4. My guests were on holiday and New Year vacation so I decided to invite myself to be my guest 😅…
Dialoger på vintertid
#Palcemaking /Platsutveckling med fokus på dialoger ❄️ Vinter är en utmanande årstid för att genomföra dialoger. Att hålla en dialog är en konst i sig. Det är en konst som…
Hack for Earth hackathon at COP28
Greetings from COP28 UAE in Dubai. We are creating real solutions to climate change. During COP, Hack for Earth organises a global online Hackathon. It’s a 3 days competition of teams working on finding…
COP28
After many meetings and discussions during COP28 UAE, there is a lot to learn, to reflect on, and to do! My two main takeaways: 1. City Planners, Urban Designers, and…
Urban Farming & Placemaking
All these words “Co-Creation”, “Livable city”, and “Social sustainability” etc. we read in cities visions and goals can’t and will never be achieved, if cities don’t involve and activate communities.…
En av Sveriges fulaste byggnader!
Är Kaspar kalkonpriset något som arkitekter och bostadsutvecklare förhåller sig till? Eller? Sveafastigheter tog initiativ till en enkätundersökning med uppföljande intervjuer med sina hyresgäster våren 2023. Idén fick bränsle av Kasper…
A Studio Manager
I am starting a new position as Studio Manager (Group Manager) of the Urban Planning group at AFRY’s Urban Planning and Design Section in Stockholm. 10 years ago (2013) was…
Gestaltad livsmiljö 2023
Tack till alla som deltagit i “Gestaltad livsmiljö 2023 – en konferens om kreativitet, kunskap och kompetens”! Årets tema behandlade frågan: Vilka kompetenser behöver vi för att kunna arbeta omsorgsfullt med gestaltade…
Back to cars and traffic congestion around schools!
🚗Back to school! Back to cars and traffic congestion around schools! I see and hear the same story over and over again in almost every project I work with. But…
Welcoming 400 new architecture and urban planning students
Back to business & back to this yearly tradition 🎓 We welcome 400 new students at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology within Architecture, Urban Development, Construction and Design, Energy…
See you in Istanbul Oct 2023 Future Maker event
I will be more than happy to speak at the PMI Turkey Chapter on the 7th of October 2023. Here is the official invitation from the chapter: Mustafa Sherif, Urban…
Diploma Days at KTH
🎓 Diploma Days at KTH School of Architecture & KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyCongratulations to all students! 🎉 I was invited as a jury member to listen, discuss and give feedback to students…
Proposals from children
🖍 I took 3x of children’s proposals literally and visualized them (proposals for a park):- A giant ice cream machine that shoots ice cream to people- A Pyramid climbing net…
It takes two to tango, It takes a team to TEDx
It’s hard to describe the last week’s TEDxStockholm event with one word or one feeling, especially when we have an amazing team who put together an inspiring event with 8x speakers talking…
Seriously these are basic elements!
During my recent years of doing placemaking processes with communities (children), I ask about what elements attract them to spend time outdoors in public spaces. These are mostly repeated elements…
Place Governance in a Fragmented World – Project for Public Spaces
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…
IGE day 2023
💡 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…
Jury member for 35 Changemaker Award Ceremony
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…
The 100 most powerful/influential people Award
🏅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…
Winter streets
👥 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.…
Leave No One Behind when we make cities for people
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…
Jane Jacobs Lecture Series
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…
Seasonality in The making of a place
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…
I interview OpenAI ChatGPT about cities
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…
All Urban Planning and Design projects matter
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…
2022 was a year of people and making cities for people
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…
2022 Podcast review
🎉 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…
co-creating! start from step 0
By reading online, networking on Linkedin, and interviewing people on podcasts, I see that we as urban practitioners and policymakers start to complicate our community participation methods and processes. We…
World Childrens Day
Happy #WorldChildrensDay !We have everything but still, we need something to make #childfriendlycities We have handbooks, tools, platforms, models, methods, roadmaps, scientifically based research papers, reports, budgets, and we even have the Convention…
Clarence Morberg Award 2022
🏆 I am so honored to receive Clarence Morberg Award 2022 from Samhällsbyggarna Clarence Morberg-pristagare – Samhällsbyggarnas utmärkelse som belönar unga inspiratörer och samhällsbyggare. Jag känner mig hedrad, ödmjuk och väldigt…
Solna Gymnasium
Solna Gymnasium school x AFRY Urban Planning and Design section The school is involved in an Erasmus+ project that focuses on SDG Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities. They bring young people…
Greetings from Hamburg
Greetings from HamburgExploring the urban planning and design progress. Finally, after 2 Years of covid, I met some of AFRY’s talented Landscape Architects team from different parts of Sweden. We did a…
15 minute city talk
A 15-minute conversation about the 15-minute city with Professor Carlos Moreno During Placemaking Europe week in Pontevedra city, we had a conversation in an open-air Podcast booth. People were listening to us live.…
Berghs School of Communication Morning Routine
I find it ridiculous that we as urban practitioners sometimes of us look for final answers & real design proposals from children when we do workshops and engage children in…
PlacemakingWeek Europe 2022 in Pontevedra
I just came from a fantastic Placemaking Europe week in Pontevedra City, Spain. 💛 A big thanks to a LEGENDARY team that manages to bring us (450+ participants) together. I am amazed & mind-blown…
Lärmiljöpodden
Boverket kom under våren 2022 med en promemoria som bildar underlag för ett skarpt regeringsförslag. Det innehåller önskemål om utökat bemyndigande att meddela föreskrifter för lek och utevistelse i friytor. Dvs.…
Open House Stockholm 2022
Jag välkomnar er som en stolt ambassadör till årets Open House Stockholm, från den 30/9 – 2/10 Under helgen bjuder vi in till 65 olika byggnader, platser och aktiviteter. Nu finns…
Placemaking Week Europe
WELCOME to the 5th Annual Placemaking Week Europe27-30th of Sep in Pontevedra, Spain Main themes:-Innovative and creative economy-Creative bureaucracy-Green and blue placemaking-Human scale development for thriving & resilient public spaces As a Placemaking…
The Line city
The Line city. What does the history of urbanism tell us about creating new & linear cities? A very interesting conversation with Dr. Tigran Haas (Associate Professor, HAL Lab Director, and the Former…
TEDxStockholm Board member
🚀 From a #Tedxtalk fan to a translator, to an event volunteer, to a content researcher, to a co-coach, and today a Board member in TEDxStockholm. I am honored to be part of…
Uni students Child-Friendly Cities
🚀 Back to the office to #makingfuture with brave & passionate colleagues, partners, and clients. 🏅I love to celebrate all graduated students and especially those from KTH Royal Institute of Technology:Amelia Ahmadi & Saida…
300x Episodes of Urbanistica Podcast
☀️ It’s time for a summer vacation. Apart from my urban planning projects, I hope that I am contributing to making better cities by sharing your fantastic stories on Urbanistica Podcast…
Child-Friendly City conversation with White Arkitekter
Thanks for the invitation White Arkitekter, Carolin Larsson for an interesting breakfast discussion about #childfriendlycities 📣 We talked about:-Planning and designing future cities from a child’s perspective.-Why & how to integrate a child’s perspective…
Placemaking Europe in Helsingborg H22 City EXPO- Day 2
Greetings from H22 City Expo with wishes for a happy & sunny midsummer to you all. Day 2 of Placemaking Europe in Helsingborg was very special for me. It took place in Drottninghög area, where…
Placemaking Europe in Helsingborg H22 City EXPO – Day 1
Placemaking Europe and The City of Helsingborg co-organized a 2-day event within H22 filled with activities oriented around placemaking as a city-wide strategy to motivate great public space and quality…
The city from the eye level of kids WS at Urban Future
I had 2 hours of exciting Urban Future. field trip in the Dröttninghög area in Helsingborg H22 City Expo. Together with amazing participants from different countries we played games and experienced the area from 95 cm.…
15 min city Carlos Moreno
🕒 The mind behind 15 min city Professor Carlos Moreno at Urban Future. I am very happy to see you again professor after our Urbanistica Podcast & different events. Keep up the good work &…
Urban Future x H22 City Expo in Helsingborg
Greetings from Helsingborg. You are more than welcome to join my big journey of exploring the making of smarter and more livable cities for people. 🇸🇪 H22 City Expo 2022 is coming…
Socialt hållbara städer kurs
📢 Nu kan du anmäla dig till Socialt hållbara städer kurs på Berghs School of Communication! Jag är ärad att vara kursansvarig och bygga upp Socialt hållbara städer kursen. I november…
Solna frukostbricka
”Levande, hållbara och attraktiva städer” står på temat för för Solna Frukostbricka i fysisk form på NCC’s huvudkontor! Frukostbrickan är tillbaka IRL efter pandemin! 150 deltagare samlades för att lyssna…
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