On April 8, Placemaking Europe hosted Placemaking in Area Development webinar with Hans Karssenberg from STIPO joined by: 

Peter Williams: Managing Director at Better Bankside and the means

• Roland Krebs: Urban Planner at superwien urbanism
• Nadine Roos: Co-owner of HUNC Architects

Pärtel-Peeter Pere: Management consultant and urbanist at Future Place Leadership

Ramon Marrades: La Marina de Valencia

Milena Ivkovic: Director of ISOCARP

Theo Stauttener: Stadkwadraat

Participants streamed into the zoom webinar hosted by Vivian Doumpa and moderated by Jeroen Laven from all over Europe and throughout the world. While Peter Williams, Roland Krebs, Pärtel-Peeter Pere brought in successful and failed projects of placemaking in area development from the contexts of their cities, Nadine Roos has elaborated on how a bad example can be transformed into a good one in stages. Presentation of Hans Karssenberg focused on the criteria for each stage of development, the process of placemaking in area development, and some of the successful case studies. In the end, Ramon Marrades, Milena Ivkovic, and Theo Stauttener have reflected on the challenges and opportunities of placemaking in area development.

You can watch the entire webinar recording here and access presentation slides here. Enjoy!