Three day course in The City at Eye Level: observe, analyse and improve public space KTH, Stipo and The City at Eye Level organize a three day course looking at the processes of self-organization, co-creation and placemaking, and The City at Eye Level, as well as identify relevant actors, their connections and networks. Apart from theoretical input, the course will include practical exercises inside and outside and site visit studies to locations, analysing plazas and streets in Stockholm. We will work on the street level, but also on the level of the strategy for a city as a whole. In an ever more complex urban environment, planning practices are in transition and the role of urban professionals is changing. Governments have fewer financial resources and can no longer sustain the classical, top-down approaches from before. In a networked society, collaboration with and between the different levels of government, the market, the community and the third sector is becoming increasingly important. How can these actors – including you – contribute to making everyone feel “at home” in the city? Stipo (interdisciplary team for urban development) believes that small interventions in public space, also called placemaking, can have big impact, even at a larger scale; and that the City at Eye Level should be a centre focus in the city’s overall strategy at the same time. We want to share our expertise on this subject, both theoretical and practical, with you. At the same time, the course will be enriched by bringing in your experiences as well. Programme outline Wednesday 4 November
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Introduction to design thinking and co-creation Placegame: placemaking in practice on a plaza in Stockholm
Thursday 5 November
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City at Eye Level workshop: 3 existing streets in Stockholm CaEL workshop: 3 new areas in Stockholm
Friday 6 November
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How to set up place-management and street-management City-wide strategy: building a strategy for your whole city