The City at Eye Level & Placemaking Training & Field trip Berlin 2025 (ENG)

WHAT?

Cities worldwide face their own challenges according to their social and economic contexts to improve the quality of urban development and public spaces. But how do we create great streets and places where people want to be? Where people can live a healthy lifestyle? Green areas with great social and economic quality, mixed use and human scale? How do we co-create the environment together with the local communities?

Learn the HOW TOs firsthand. Join our City at Eye Level & Placemaking Training & Field Trip in Berlin and learn how to improve cities, streets, and places by developing a people-centered approach to placemaking. The training includes exciting site visits to local spots and talks from local guest speakers, offering a unique blend of training and city exploration from a placemaking perspective.

Prepare ahead with our online materials and dive deeper during the training. This allows us to dedicate our three days live to the tool testing, learning by doing. The training is interactive and enriching.

FOR WHOM?

• Professionals in urban planning, urban development, urban regeneration and public space and urban planning
• Experts working on improving streets, squares, and parks in cities
• Civic leaders engaged in placemaking and community-driven approaches
• Politicians looking to enhance public space
• Entrepreneurs, real estate owners, and developers interested in learning about the City at Eye Level
• Young professionals aiming to develop their skills in placemaking

ELEMENTS IN THE TRAINING:

• The City at Eye Level: Creating human-scale streets with interaction between buildings and streets. Learn about the mechanisms of creating great and active ground floors.
• Placemaking: Transform public spaces into great social meeting places where people feel at home.
• Placemaking as Part of a Larger, Long-Term Approach: The journey from Placemaking to Place-Led Development, Place Management, and the business case for placemaking to drive systemic change.
• How to co-create: engage the community in public space, in an inclusive and sustainable manner.
• Learning by Doing: Hands-on tools to directly apply new knowledge such as the Eye Level Game, the Place Game, the Anchors of Life method and urban anthropology, tools to study public life and analyse the quality of a place and a street, tools to co-create with the local community and tools to measure impact. Apply the tools to local cases in Berlin.
• Knowledge Exchange: Plenty of space for knowledge exchange. Apply your own knowledge to practical examples and challenges you encounter in your work.
• Site Visits and Local Guest Speakers: Experience Berlin's public spaces and hear from local experts.
• Online Preparatory Material: Access online videos covering essential theory before the training. This allows participants to dive straight into applying the theory during the training, maximizing the value and practical learning experience. Conduct onilne exercises after each video.
• Throughout the three days, there will also be opportunities to get to know your fellow participants and inspire each other.
• Networking and Relaxation: Get to know your fellow participants and inspire each other. Enjoy good food and drinks together during the training days.

Visit our website and stay tuned for the complete programme.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

• A three-day practical training and field trip in the vibrant city of Berlin
• Learning by doing, at inspiring locations with cases
• Background material for theory and practice and a pragmatic action toolbox from The City at Eye Level, Placemaking Europe, Project for Public Spaces, and STIPO
• International experience, examples and membership to the international City at Eye Level community
• Access to all our open source resources, including hardcopies of “The City at Eye Level” books
• An interdisciplinary group at the masterclass.

PRICE*

Fee includes lectures, book, materials, lunches and closing drinks (on the last day):

• € 990: private individuals (Early Bird: € 900)
• € 1400: organisations (Early Bird: € 1200)
• € 250: there is one scholarship ticket for students and starters. Apply here.
• Early Bird: Get your early-bird tickets till February 4th or sooner once they run out (limited amount).

*Prices are excluding Eventbrite registration fee.

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