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Architecture & Design

Bins of Congleton: Finding the Fun in “Basic” Urban Infrastructure

Karl Dickinson -
Social media sensation Bins of Congleton uses humour to generate a new appreciation for local waste infrastructure, also encouraging people to keep the town litter-free. A short...
Skill

Living Heritage: Using Traditional Knowledge to Reach Sustainability Targets

Karl Dickinson -
Using transition design to utilise the knowledge of living heritage provides cost-effective opportunities to reach sustainability targets. If only we can learn to communicate it effectively. Communication...
Climate Adaptation

Why Community Gardens Need Co-Creation: Urban Future Podcast #2 – Pelgu, Tallinn

What's That Green -
How can a municipality encourage local residents to lead their own community garden project? In this second episode of the What’s That Green? podcast to be...
Car-Free

What is the 15-Minute City? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
Having everything we need a stone’s throw from our front door would surely make life much easier. But the 15-minute city isn’t just about proximity. Imagine an...
Architecture & Design

Public Toilets: Essential Amenities That Should Be Practical & Attractive

Karl Dickinson -
As universal amenities, public toilets should be easy to access, inclusive, and functional. MidCoast Council’s strategy paper shows how to deliver on this priority. Australia is a...
Cycling

Bicipolitana: Rimini’s Cycling Network That Works Like a Metro

Karl Dickinson -
Rimini’s comprehensive Bicipolitana cycling network has been expanding since the 1960s, converting car culture into enthusiasm for active mobility through joy and convenience. Nestled on the Adriatic...
Climate Adaptation

Tools to Help Green Your City: Urban Future Podcast #1 – FutureBuilt

What's That Green -
What practical steps can cities actually take to make a city greener? In this first episode of the What’s That Green? podcast to be recorded LIVE...
Architecture & Design

Targeted Participation: A Toolkit for Involving Disengaged Groups

Karl Dickinson -
From targeted participation to making it fun, the Urban Minded project shows what strategies and activities really work to involve people usually excluded from engagement processes. “One...
Architecture & Design

Urban Minded: Designing Cities that Support Mental Wellbeing

Karl Dickinson -
Poor city design correlates with poor mental health. Urban Minded sought to involve young women, among those worst affected, in determining how planning can support wellbeing. Even...
Car-Free

Ljubljana: An Early Mover for Pedestrianisation

Laura Puttkamer -
This article is reproduced with the kind permission of Urban Solutions Journal. In it, Laura Puttkamer shares what she learnt about making transformation happen at the Urban...
Retrofitting

From Constraints to Creativity – the Joy of Delivering Retrofit

Karl Dickinson -
What if the perceived barriers to retrofitting the built environment are actually helpful perimeters that steer each job in the right direction? That’s one of the...
Editorial

CityChanger “Dog Poo Darren” Clark: Finding Meaning in Dirty Jobs

Karl Dickinson -
Environmental health officer “Dog Poo Daren” Clark found purpose in a job no one else wanted to do. He ended up improving public spaces nationwide. About a...
City Centres

Notable City Darwin: Plausible Futures for Heat Mitigation in the Tropics

Karl Dickinson -
As extreme weather becomes commonplace, the Darwin Living Lab evaluates what cities in the tropics can do to stay cool enough to be liveable. Temperatures in Darwin...
Inclusive Cities

Football Centrism: Where Schoolyard Design & Culture Gender Divisions Converge

Karl Dickinson -
Honorata Grzesikowska explains how football centrism, where schoolyards are built around sports fields, excludes girls from accessing and enjoying sport and shared spaces. Culturally revered and a...
Greenery & Biodiversity

CityChanger Emma Cutting: Improving Neighbourhoods with Street Gardening

Karl Dickinson -
Street gardening gives city-dwellers a way to reconnect with nature. In Melbourne, it is also helping Australia’s wildlife and makes people feel safer in the street. Little...
Smart Cities

Hefei’s Three-Ring Strategy: A Blueprint for Flood-Resilient Urban Growth

Karl Dickinson -
This article is reproduced with the kind permission of Urban Solutions Journal. In it, the urban planner behind “China in 5”, Lile Mo, explains how the...
Climate Adaptation

Krater: An Untamed Oasis Built by Nature, Creativity & Socialist Commons

Karl Dickinson -
Krater is a feral site reshaping Ljubljana’s ecological stewardship by embedding it in creative practices. It’s also changing the way international communities perceive invasive species. Less than...
Inclusive Cities

4 Days 4 Lines: Improving Equitable Access to Public Transit

Karl Dickinson -
Omer Juma’s organisation 4 Lines 4 Days assesses the accessibility of metro stations. Findings in Montreal surprised city leaders, who have since commissioned improvements. Between 1984 and...
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