Diversifying Design : Urban ecology by, with and for diverse actors
Diversity is vital to designing cities. It helps us define and understand the variety of social needs and find ways for people to live well together. A range of capacities, skills and types of knowledge helps us better inform governance and ensure it is both holistic and rigorous. Diverse representation amongst professionals involved helps drive more considered urban design and development. However, we don’t often stop to think about the importance of diversity for urban ecologies. This event will do just that.
Urban environments are complex living ecologies with built, natural and hybrid dimensions, all of which are part of the diversity in cities and a vital element for design considerations.
Planning has always relied on visions of ‘the city’, and even the earliest thinkers were concerned with a notional distinction between new built environments and the natural world. Whilst people and professionals can have a voice in planning, places are very much shaped by nature itself.
This interactive co-design event, with the help of students studying Urban Ecologies through UCL Bartlett’s MSc in International Planning and MSc in Spatial Planning, will explore both how we can give nature a voice in co-designing the city and what cities can do for nature.
Time: 18:30 GMT
