Webinaire: "Sitting in public space – how is your city doing?"

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Date 13.10.2022
Hour 14:0015:15
Speaker Renate Albrecher from Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausann Robert Braun from Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) Heinz Grünberger from the Landeshauptstadt München  Eva Braxenthaler from Lokale Agenda 21 in Vienna.
 
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Category Conferences - Seminars
Event Language English

Public seating is an often overlooked, yet surprisingly crucial, cornerstone of any public space strategy. Well-placed and well-designed seating allows people stay, linger, and activate public spaces. Benches make public spaces more inclusive, encouraging and facilitating active mobility. But how much do we actually know about citizen needs and preferences when it comes to public seating? And how well equipped are cities and public agencies to meet those expectations?

This webinar aims at sharing lessons learned on enhancing city liveability by improving the quality of public seating – specifically through engaging with citizens on their needs and preferences. A panel of experts will present the methods and key findings of three citizen engagement projects: CITIZEN BENCH (co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility in 2021, and tested in Munich, Germany), Summer Streets (Munich, Germany), and Grätzloase (Vienna, Austria); and discuss the expectations of citizens on public seating, along with challenges, best practises, and solutions that were identified in meeting those expectations.

This webinar is part of the international project "SEATING", co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility, under the lead of EPFL's Laboratory of urban Sociology.

Please find more information and the link to the Webinar here: https://lnkd.in/d2EwDzfB

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  • General public
  • Free

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