Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
100+ episodes exploring climate action in cities and neighbourhoods.
This show provides actionable advice and case studies on:
- Sustainable urban design and placemaking principles.
- How to design cities and neighbourhoods for biodiversity net gain and wildlife.
- Climate adaptation: How to build resilience to climate change in cities.
- Net zero carbon masterplanning and architecture.
- Circular economy: How to minimise waste and emissions in new development.
- Transport: How to transition cities away to sustainable and active travel.
- Regenerative Design: Delivering positive benefits for the environment and communities.
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The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh, an urban designer and sustainable placemaking consultant.
Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)
This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding.
My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design.
In this episode we discuss:
- How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spaces
- The importance of working closely with local communities
- Examples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spaces into places for people and nature.
- How to manage the complexities and constraints of working in cities.
More about LDA Design and the projects we discuss:
LDA Website
Greening London's West End
Alfred Place Gardens
Princes Circus
Cambridge Lawn to Meadow project
Connect with Sophie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-thompson-51b4748/
Further listening:
Listen to all the urban rewilding episodes.
Listen to my previous episode with LDA on their Strand Aldwych project: #81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA
Cover image of Princes Circus, London by LDA Design. Photo by Studio Maple, used with permission from LDA Design.
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The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh.