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• earth_weal • Weal - Wellbeing / Prosperity earth_weal - For the wellbeing of Earth 🍁 || Presenting a short glimpse of who we are and what we do || We are a team of Architects and Engineers finding our fits of passion and a strong inclination towards People, Place & Practices. Our passage in this field has begun from the perpetual desire to seek the memories from the past and re-connect them in the present that emphasizes on the heritage & cultural values of the society 🌻 https://lnkd.in/gCzwAyTi

In Copenhagen, active living remains top priority for urban planners, architects, transportation engineers, public health professionals. By bringing together their expertise the municipality builds city infrastructure that encourages physical activity. Active living is a lifestyle that integrates physical activity into everyday routines, such as walking to the store or biking to work. While not directly referred to as an exercise program or routine, it facilitates physical activity and movement by blending it into everyday life. This is done via sidewalks, green parks, integrated crossing zones and my favourite... adventure parks. Rope climbing exercises, obstacle courses, bouldering, tree climbing, target oriented activities, and zip-lines - all in one.

I am pleased to share the news of a hot off the press special issue on "Placemaking Beyond Cities. Geomedia perspectives on everyday life in small towns and rural communities", with me, Lotta Braunerhielm, Linda Ryan Bengtsson and Emilia Ljungberg as guest editors. https://lnkd.in/dMXvUqMf This special issue of Culture Unbound directs attention beyond cities, to small towns and rural communities, and the practices taking place there. Referring to a previous special issue on ‘Rural Media Spaces’ from 2010, this special issue revisits the notion of ‘the rural’ versus ‘the urban’ through the concept of placemaking and geomedia. In a mediatized society, placemaking practices cannot be understood without simultaneously understanding different media practices and how they affect place. A geomedia perspective on placemaking beyond cities, therefore, brings new perspectives on media representations of small towns and rural communities, related to the materialization of space and how we engage with and perceive the world. Geomedia also includes a focus on layers of digitalization and new media in the relations between place and practice. The issue brings together researchers from a wide range of subjects, and the articles in this volume address empirical examples from different rural places and small towns in Sweden and internationally. Taken together, a manifold of issues relating to media and placemaking beyond cities are covered, for example, inclusion/exclusion, representation, resistance, community building, belonging, and identification.

World Ocean’s Day: Celebrating with the 2023 OBEL AWARD Winner, Living Breakwaters by SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC June 8 is World Oceans Day, designated by the UN General Assembly in 2008. The day was established to raise awareness about human beings' connection with the oceans.   The OBEL AWARD has always advocated connecting the built and natural environments. Our oceans and other bodies of water are not just resources; they are lifelines. They generously provide us with food, biodiversity, transportation, economic benefits, leisure, and the health of people and the planet. The 2023 OBEL Award-winning project exemplifies how working with nature can bring long-lasting positive changes. Thanks to this restorative project, the underwater ecosystem in Staten Island, NY, is undergoing a phenomenal transformation. Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive green infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a project with a layered approach to risk reduction, enhancing biodiversity as well as physical, ecological, and social resilience along the South Shore of Staten Island. #WorldOceansDay To learn more: https://lnkd.in/d6bMEsfh

I would like to share my recent publication with the LinkedIn community. The article "Characterizing nature-based living labs from their seeds in the past", authored by me, Heleen Vreugdenhil, and Jill Slinger, is now available online. With this paper, we deepen insights into the emergent phenomenon of nature-based living labs, with respect to their predecessors. This study develops an outline of how living labs evolved from their initial foundation to the current day and identifies core characteristics common to all living labs and those specific to nature-based living labs. If you would like to know more, check the link below and get access to the paper 👇

Want to experience the importance of citizen participation in urban development firsthand? Are you a city architect or urban planner? There are still 3 spots left to join a peer-learning visit to Caceres, Spain.

Why are some third places thriving? This webinar from the Congress for New Urbanism explores examples of businesses that provide multiple services to attract different customers and encourage people to interact. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VTYce2

Often we do discuss the high standards of fire safety that are set by German authorities, because of the massive costs that come along with them and yet, the importance of fire safety can not be overstated can it?

I share a panel at The Labour Party conference, hosted by Policy Exchange. Our topic: The Building Beautiful Agenda – is less beauty the price we have to pay for more homes? I argue we must have both more, and more beautiful homes, adding the need for some clarity in the semantics about this dabate: ‘Beauty’. Many, if not most of us applauded the recommendations of ‘Living with Beauty’, the report of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. I think the key is right there – Building Better as well as Beautifully. In my own practice, we subscribe to four key principles, Order, Humanity, Sustainability and, yes Beauty. And of course Vitruvius prescribed firmitas, utilitas, and venustas (beauty) as the three indispensable virtues of architecture. Beauty, on its own, was never enough to convey all we need for human wellbeing and it is quite right that it should have been dropped from the highest level of desired outcomes in the National Planning Policy Framework. Other than that, there was a pretty good level of agreement between panellists Ike Ijeh, Nicholas Boys Smith, Margaret Mullane MP, Jack Shaw. Many thanks to Georgie Krone for convening.