The cost of ignoring placemaking.
RSA Analysis suggests BREXIT was driven by places ‘LEFT BEHIND’
There is powerful evidence that points to old industrial towns and cities – those that arguably lost out most from sweeping economic change in the 70s and 80s – being one of the driving forces behind the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
Study – Culture, Cities and Identity in Europe
Culture, Cities and Identity in Europe – a Study from the European Economic and Social Committee
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Pulling together to create successful places
Successful places are personable spaces where people can and do interact with the place and each other. The team that creates this space should have the same underlying qualities.
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Avança 1ª fase de implementação do projecto de Requalificação e Expansão do Portugal dos Pequenitos
Em 2014, a Placemakers foi seleccionada pela Fundação Bissaya Barreto para desenvolver o projecto de Requalificação e Expansão do Portugal dos Pequenitos de “A a Z”. Com uma equipa multidisciplinar adaptada às exigências do projecto, com competências integradas em...
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Vamos dançar no Lux Frágil e ajudar o MNAA a adquirir o quadro de Sequeira
O Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga convida a que pela misteriosa encenação, pelo anúncio de modernidade, pelas figuras, ainda clássicas, que o céu fulgurante esbate, pela luz, sobretudo pela luz, a dançar no Lux Frágil no dia 20 de Março e ajudar o MNAA a adquirir “A...
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Create NED, a neighborhood beautification and placemaking mini-grant case study?
Residents, business owners, and others with vested interests in northeast Detroit are encouraged to apply for mini-grants of up to $2,500 for neighborhood beautification and placemaking projects. Part of the Create NED initiative, these grants are available to anyone...
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Summer School 2016 in Italy – ICT for Sustainable Tourism at Cultural and Religious Heritage Sites
The 2016 Summer School of the UNESCO chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, established at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) is co-located together with IFITT (International Federation for IT and...
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Custodians of Place
“Placemaking” is not (only) a modern buzz-word to repackage old thinking, but an earnest attempt to create quality places with the complicity of their users and allowing them, residents or visitors, to take pride in the results and establish an implicit quality differentiation with other places.
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Amazing NYC Visitor Attraction
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Underwater Museum
Musée Atlantique, une exposition de 250 sculptures exclusivement sous l’eau.
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Integrating Software and Hardware with the right operating system – creating “Windows” for sustainability!
“Software” is what differentiates the craft of “Placemaking” because it takes an holistic view which can only be achieved when also considering the human element.
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Reality Check
At the end of the day someone has to foot the bill.
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Foz Côa – mais um contributo para consolidar este destino tão importante.
O troço internacional da Linha do Douro entre Fregeneda e Barca D’Alva encontra-se encerrado desde a década de 80 do Séc. XX, não tendo tido desde aí qualquer tipo de manutenção.
O projeto prevê a recuperação dos 17 km do famoso troço ferroviário que possui 10 pontes e 20 túneis, de forma a criar um percurso susceptível de ser desfrutado de forma lúdica e gerar uma experiência única num ambiente marcado pela pacatez e pela excelência da paisagem.
Rohan Silva: Cheaper Berlin and Lisbon are luring London’s crucial creatives
“Ever heard of the “Bohemian-Gay Index”? I know it sounds silly but it’s actually a serious measurement, created by the influential academic Richard Florida to help explain why some cities have higher levels of economic growth and innovation than others....
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Welcome
Welcome to our new website! We hope that this may be the beginning of a continuing relationship, mutually sharing the global advances in Placemaking. Placemakers appears on the scene as the natural evolution of Consultal’s mission over several years to assist its...
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