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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 by the amount of useful and inspiring content in this festival: 12 plenaries, 70 international keynote speakers, and 80 co-created sessions. 🎙 In the comingContinue reading “PlacemakingWeek Europe 2022 in Pontevedra”

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. ytor som barn kan använda på egen hand vid sin utevistelse. Förslaget innebär en ändring i plan- och byggförordningens tionde kapitel och ska göra detContinue reading “Lärmiljöpodden”

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 festivalprogrammet tillgängligt på https://www.openhousestockholm.com/program-oh-2022 Open House StockholmAllmänheten bjuds in till gratis guidade visningar av stadens mest unika och spännande byggnader och platser. Festivalen syftar till attContinue reading “Open House Stockholm 2022”

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 Europe Leader, I’ll host a session on “Building your personal brand as a Placemaker,” in which I will discuss why and how building a personal brand is essential for makingContinue reading “Placemaking Week Europe”

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 Director of the Centre for the Future of Places KTH, Stockholm, Sweden) 🎙He is commenting on The Line city, 1 minute city, 15 minutes city,Continue reading “The Line city”

🚀 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 Van der AuweraertThesis: Understanding children’s perceptions and use of the neighborhood: a participatory method: A Malmö case study focused on aspects of liveability. Link toContinue reading “Uni students Child-Friendly Cities”

☀️ 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 – Cities for People. I am happy to see the side effects of the podcast e.g. students choosing to study urban planning and design, studentsContinue reading “300x Episodes of Urbanistica Podcast”

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 into our design process as architects and urban planners?– Why should we leave space for children’s creativity and not program every single millimeter? (clean &Continue reading “Child-Friendly City conversation with White Arkitekter”

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 I grew up when my family moved from Iraq to Sweden for 12 years ago.  We had a tour of DM (Do More) a unique urbanContinue reading “Placemaking Europe in Helsingborg H22 City EXPO- Day 2”