This GCDN online session explored the key questions, challenges and opportunities that should be considered when thinking about engagement and representation of stakeholders in the current moment. In particular, the session advocated for a model of engagement that is networked, collaborative, and responsive to the conc…

In professional practice, design operates as both a research method and a final outcome. Academic researchers in design disciplines tend, however, to privilege process.The same conflict is evident in the academic arena, where students often struggle to differentiate design as process from design as the end resul…

The Case of Horsh Beirut Perceived as a complex system, public space could be examined through the means of complexity thinking. Complexity thinking not only offers a new urban terminology delivering interesting insights on the city and its public space, it also offers new tools that could deepen our understandin…

Young people aged 15-24 represent approximately 21% of the global population and increasingly inhabit urban environments. Traditional wellbeing assessment tools typically depend on surveys that use predefined indicators failing to capture emergent, context-specific factors affecting youth navigating complex urba…

by Chiara Quinzii, Diego Terna ISBN: 9788862425964 first edition: 12 / 2021 language: Italian/English . If today we can tend to consider ourselves as equal inhabitants of the world, we owe it to that urban community scope that we know as Public Space. Although little cared for, almost unknown, perhaps woun…

Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly by installing the Greek-designed Seatrac system for wheelchairs. The system is a free service that offers unassisted sea access to people with disabilities and mobility issues. It is an innovative, technological assistant that promotes autonomy, quality, and welln…