Citymaking
Citymaking is a collaborative process in which residents, designers, planners, policymakers, developers, and other stakeholders work together to shape urban spaces and governance. It treats the city as a dynamic system that can be steered through participatory design, experimentation, and collective stewardship, with attention to social equity, economic vitality, and environmental resilience.
Practices include participatory planning and design workshops, charrettes, community mapping, co-design sessions, and civic technology projects.
Citymaking involves multiple actors: residents and neighborhood associations, local businesses and nonprofits, universities and research institutes,
Outcomes may include better public spaces, stronger social ties, more responsive services, and improved legitimacy for
Citymaking sits at the intersection of placemaking, participatory planning, and urban design. It emphasizes learning by