We develop and facilitate discussions and workshops on placemaking, public art, co-design, and urban design. Throughout our projects, we have organized and conducted numerous participatory planning workshops and develop new participation and interaction methods as part of our practice. We are specialised in the participation and co-creation with children and young people. Additionally, we have deliver talks and keynote speeches on selected topics.
Here are some of the workshops and talks by us:
URBAN DESIGN & PLACEMAKING
– Winter is Coming – creating welcoming places for all seasons (Placemaking Week Europe 2023)
– Play, Place and Cities -keynote, Playful Towns -final event (Sligo, Ireland 2022)
– Rapid Inspirations from Placemaking (H22 Expo, Helsingborg 2022)
– Towards Edible Cities workshop (Helsinki Environmental Services 2022)
– Design Sprint for B.Green project: participatory urban green (Forum Virium Helsinki 2022)
– Urban Design and the Plinth (City of Uusikaupunki 2020)
– The Art House -workshop and lecture (SAMK 2020)
– Architecture Programme for the municipality of Tuusula -seminar (2019)
– Urban Design & Placemaking Master Class and Workshop, Kaupunkimme-Festival (Oulu 2019)
– Urban Design & Placemaking lectures & workshops (Huittinen, Kankaanpää, Seinäjoki and Varkaus 2018-2019)
– Keynote-talk: Creative Placemaking, Vantaa City Planning Public Art Seminar (2018)
– Incubating Co-Design in Public Space at Nordic Urban Lab Seminar
PUBLIC ART & URBAN CULTURE
– Taiteen ja kulttuurin avulla kerrostumia rakennetussa ympäristössä -keynote, Hämeenlinna (2024)
– Vernissa Cultural Centre development and co-planning workshops (2019-2022)
– Taide & kulttuuri kaupunkikehittämisessä -keynote (2022)
– Taide Käyttöön & Seinäjoki public art survey and participatory workshops (2020)
– KampusART seminar, Turku (2019)
SENSE OF PLACE & PLACE SHAPING
– Sense of Belonging, ECO-Museum project, SAMK (2021)
– Joki-seminar, Pori (2019)
– Sustainable Place Shaping -final Event, Tampere (2019)
CO-CREATION AND PARTICIPATION
– Tila toiseen -project, Vuotalo cultural centre (2020-21)
– Manifesto workshops at IHME-festival (2016)
– City Agents, workshops for ArchInfo Finland, Kirkkonummi (2015)
– Learning by Doing -design workshops in Seoul, South Korea, 2013
– Lost Places -project workshops in Pori, Kankaanpää and Rauma, 2012