Placemaking through Play: Designing for Urban Enjoyment
Picture: Courtesy of AZC Architects
Written by Ankitha Gattupalli
Humane cities center around the relationships between people and places. Communities thrive on shared resources, public spaces, and a collective vision for their locality. To nurture happy and healthy cities, designers and the public apply methods of placemaking to the urban setting. Placemaking—the creation of meaningful places—strongly relies on community-based participation to effectively produce magnetic public spaces.