Thanks for the videos, such an inspiring watch, I could not agree more with this. Shaping neighbourhoods, public spaces and communities has been my interest in architecture since high school and I have done a lot of work related to it. Before starting to get more interested in EA-related projects, my plan was to focus my career on placemaking in cities, and I am definitely hoping to remain active in this in whatever way I can. Interesting to think about how to use these lines of thinking to maximise the amount of people that can benefit from them, or whether coworking or living spaces where EAs hang out can be designed more in a way to maximize community health.
I see a strong connection between architecture and community health. There’s tons of content on this, but here’s a video I saw recently that I liked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_oZVVS2nVk. This could tie in well with the “Street Votes” concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TCYjw88JSY
Btw I designed and taught two online courses on architecture and public spaces for Czech high schoolers, all based on Jan Gehl’s ‘Life Between Buildings’ (the 1st link you sent, and an awesome read), incredibly rewarding to see students get out there and engage in their communities
https://edgeud.co.uk/ten-perspectives-on-architecture-teaching-students-how-to-reclaim-their-cities/
Thanks for the videos, such an inspiring watch, I could not agree more with this. Shaping neighbourhoods, public spaces and communities has been my interest in architecture since high school and I have done a lot of work related to it. Before starting to get more interested in EA-related projects, my plan was to focus my career on placemaking in cities, and I am definitely hoping to remain active in this in whatever way I can. Interesting to think about how to use these lines of thinking to maximise the amount of people that can benefit from them, or whether coworking or living spaces where EAs hang out can be designed more in a way to maximize community health.