After starting with CITYMAKERS-RUHR in 2019, we did invite again to meet and discover: what does livable city making mean today, what is our calling and potential to act now as makers and thinkers? How can we move forward and go deeper with our ideas to co-create and innovate across disciplines and borders?
Things have changed unexpectedly since November 2019, but our themes are even more relevant today. Experiencing the lock-down made us think once more about the impact of public space and about the awareness for our environment. Accessibility and experience more than ever do contribute to the quality of our lives and to a resilient society. If you are curious what Citymakers think and feel about important places during corona-lockdown. See also our CITYMAKERS RUHR REFLECTIONS series.
Besides (re)connecting among city makers and thinkers in the Ruhr Region and exchanging ideas and plans for the deepening of this network, the purpose of the evening was also to share inspiration: We have been delighted about the opportunity to have a sneak preview of some videos walks from the CITYMAKERS-Virtual Walks’ project!
CITYMAKERS Virtual Walks – Sneak Preview
Ruhr-China-Reflections
CITYMAKERS-Ruhr recap and outlook
Get to know Sebastian Schlecht, who is supporting our CITYMAKERS platform as the regional representative of CITYMAKERS- Ruhr. He strongly believes in the power of connecting people and natural solutions to make our cities more resilient, just and future-proof to mitigate the strong impact of climate change.
Together with our local partner Sebastian Schlecht, project manager at Green City Essen and CITYMAKERS-fellow, we realized the first CITYMAKERS-Ruhr networking evening.
Sebastian Schlecht ist Projektmanager für “Grüne Hauptstadt Europas – Essen 2017” und sein Ansatz von „Von Grau zu Grün” beschreibt die Transformation des Ruhrgebiets. Er nahm im November 2018 mit einem STADTMACHER-Stipendium der Robert Bosch Stiftung an der China Delegation von Bundesarchitektenkammer und ICLEI teil. Im Gespräch mit Silvan Hagenbrock erzählt er von seinen Anknüpfungspunkten und Lernerfahrungen in China sowie seinen Citymaking-Aktivitäten in Deutschland.