Hey there! Have you ever walked around your city and thought, "This could be better!"? Well, guess what? You can be a part of making it happen! We believe in Tactical Urbanism.
Open City Design is all about empowering regular folks, governments, and designers to team up and create awesome cities that are both livable and sustainable. Our platform hooks you up with innovative tools, resources, and best practices to make your city planning and design game stronger than ever. So don't miss out on this opportunity to shape the future of our cities - eveyone can contribute!
Open City Design is where it's at for sustainable urban design. We're all about making our cities more livable and equitable, and we need your help to make it happen.
We've currently a collective of programmers, marketers, designers and artists. We seek students, city planners, architectects, organisations and individuals with similar interests and most imporantly, you! We're all about collaboration, and every little bit helps.
Get your butt over to our website and start exploring. Join the Open City Design community and let's figure this out together!
We have some fun ideas,
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Green spaces and urban agriculture: Prioritize the creation and maintenance of green spaces, such as parks and gardens, that provide opportunities for outdoor recreation and relaxation. Promote urban agriculture initiatives that allow citizens to grow their own food and foster a sense of community.
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Community engagement: Systems for fostering community engagement and participation in city planning and decision-making. This can include regular public meetings, online forums, and other channels for citizens to provide input and feedback on city projects and policies.
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Mental health and well-being: Prioritize mental health and well-being by promoting access to resources such as counseling services, mindfulness classes, and meditation spaces. Mental health awareness campaigns and initiatives that promote stress reduction and self-care.
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Accessibility and inclusivity: Include systems for promoting accessibility and inclusivity for all citizens, including those with disabilities or from marginalized communities. Initiatives include accessible public transportation, affordable housing, and cultural events that celebrate diversity and promote inclusion.
It's actually not! Imagine you're playing with Legos and you want to build a new toy, but you don't have enough Legos to make the whole thing. Instead of waiting until you have more Legos, you start building a small part of the toy that you can make with the Legos you have.
Tactical urbanism is kind of like that. Sometimes, people want to make big changes to their cities, but they don't have all the money, materials, or permission they need to make those changes happen right away. So instead, they start by making small changes that they can do with the resources they have.
Tactical urbanism is kind of like that. Sometimes, people want to make big changes to their cities, but they don't have all the money, materials, or permission they need to make those changes happen right away. So instead, they start by making small changes that they can do with the resources they have.
For example, they might put up some plants or benches in a place where there weren't any before, or they might paint a crosswalk on a street to make it safer for people to cross. These small changes are like the small Lego toy you built. They might not be as big or fancy as the big toy you wanted to build, but they're still important and can make a big difference in the long run.
By making these small changes, people can show others what the bigger changes could look like and get them excited about making those changes happen in the future. It's like when you show your friends the small Lego toy you built, and they get excited about helping you build the bigger toy when you have more Legos.
So, tactical urbanism is all about making small changes to your city that can help make it a better place, even if you don't have all the resources you need to make the big changes right away.
We're working on these! Here's a list to get started though,
- http://cityform.mit.edu/ - The City Form Lab at MIT focuses on urban planning, mobility and urban design research. We develop new software tools for researching relationships between city form and human mobility patterns; use cutting-edge spatial analysis and statistics to investigate how urban form and land-use developments affect urban mobility and business location choices; and develop creative design and policy solutions for contemporary urban challenges.
- http://www.rapidplanningtoolkit.org/ - The Toolkit is a 4-step guide that helps you plan for rapid growth in your area.
- https://www.urbangreencouncil.org/ - The Urban Green Council is a nonprofit organization that works to advance the sustainable development of New York City. We are a trusted source of information and expertise on the environmental, economic, and social benefits of sustainable development.
- https://openstreetsproject.org/ - The Open Streets Project is a global movement to reclaim streets for people. We envision a world where streets are safe, accessible, and vibrant places for people to live, work, and play.
- https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/designing-for-typologies/a6052-an-overview-of-tactical-urbanism/ - Tactical Urbanism is a design approach that uses low-cost, temporary interventions to test ideas and build support for permanent change. Tactical Urbanism is a design approach that uses low-cost, temporary interventions to test ideas and build support for permanent change.
- https://opensource.com/life/16/5/6-open-source-architecture-projects - Open source architecture projects are a great way to learn about the design process and to get involved in the community. Here are six open source architecture projects to get you started.
- https://www.urbansim.com/ - UrbanSim is a software platform for modeling the dynamics of urban development. It is designed to be used by researchers, planners, and developers to understand the impacts of policy and market forces on the development of cities and regions.
- https://www.openbuildinginstitute.org/ - The Open Building Institute is a non-profit organization that promotes the use of open source building design and construction methods. We are a community of people who believe that open source building design and construction methods can help us build a better world.
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/ - OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license. OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
- https://www.openplans.org/ - OpenPlans is a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of open source building design and construction methods. We are a community of people who believe that open source building design and construction methods can help us build a better world.
- OpenAI and GPT-3.5's conversations with @bombayjesus (This is an art project that is trying to understand how GPT-3.5 can be used to envision, and build out, systems for a more equitable and sustainable future.)
- Supervillains.wtf for being a wild enough space to help envision kinder cities; because why NOT?!
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