From September 15-17, 2016, watch a LIVESTREAM of the Placemaking Leadership Forum, taking place in Vancouver, organized by New York City-based Project for Public Spaces.
This is a hugely important gathering of practitioners around the world to chart the futures of placemaking – as we look ahead to global gatherings around cities and sustainable development, including Habitat III in Quito, and the 22nd annual Conference of the Parties in Marrakech.
As founder Fred Kent put it, this is not a conference – this is a campaign to broaden our conceptions of public space planning to include the myriad ways in which we interact with the city – what we give, and what we get back from the places that constitute our cities. We have to think beyond the individual elements of what is traditionally known as public space – benches, fountains, signs – and move onto a feeling: how do we want to be in a place? How does place affect our mood? How does it shape our interactions with others, our broader connection to our city?
We will be sharing short blogposts with our thoughts, ideas, and questions around some of the themes that are discussed during the Forum – stay stuned!
15 September 2016