About Living City

Future cities may continue to nurture creativity and civilised human interaction or be overwhelmed by inequity, unplanned growth and alienation of public space. Investigating the urban environment and building critical literacy about planning and design of public space are urgent and legitimate goals for education. Living City aims to increase the agency and involvement of young people in decisions about public space and urban design.

Living City values young people as agents for change in our cities. It introduces them to the idea of contested sites, validates the ideas they have about public space design and empowers them as future citizens with a stake in decision-making. As an educational model, it nurtures their creative thinking about the design of democratic and sustainable public spaces. Living City is a catalyst for fresh thinking about design pedagogy and a model for learning through industry and community partnerships.