Design and Planning for People in Place: Sir Patrick Geddes (1854–1932) and the Emergence of…
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Design and Planning for People in Place: Sir Patrick Geddes (1854–1932) and the Emergence of…
I believe that to design for appropriate participation is ultimately to design for human and planetary health.
Daniel Christian Wahl • Emergence and Design
Patrick Geddes, founder of environmental sociology and much else, described a more ideal city or ‘eutopia’ as lying ‘in the city around us; and it must be planned and realized [with] us as its citizens—each a citizen of both the actual and ideal city seen increasingly as one.’9 In his architectural designs for the city of Edinburgh, for example, he
... See moreGeoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible
emblematic ideas to take forward could include: * resilient and diverse communities as essential foundations; * the value of trust in government and civic institutions; * recognising the agility and capability latent within the public sector; * and the enormous value of inefficiency and redundancy in systems; * an understanding that there are essen... See more
Medium • 11: Post-traumatic urbanism and radical indigenism
As the great urbanist Patrick Geddes put it, ‘By creating we think, by living we learn’.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible
Planning → Gardening: Numerous people from architects to permaculturists have advocated the move from top down ‘planning’, towards the nurturing practice of gardening, when we design cities.