What are the Radical Ideas for Building Better and Fairer Future Cities?
The crises we face are often immense and change is hard. There are many radical ideas for the future of cities. And there’s many radical acts taking place, too. How do we organise better inclusive cities for all?
Our panel of experts explore various ways we could go about building new institutional infrastructures and governance for radical civic societies, cities, regions and towns. They also evaluate the new economic models and planning options we should look into.
Immy Kaur from Civic Square Birmingham, architect and social entrepreneur Indy Johar, and Leonora Grcheva, Cities & Regions Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab, look at new ideas and visions for future cities that are good for people, places and the planet.
Hosted by Melissa Mean from Knowle West Media Centre and We Can Make.
Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of 00 and most recently Dark Matter. On behalf of 00, he has co-founded multiple social ventures from Impact Hub Westminster to Impact Hub Birmingham. He has also co-led research projects such as The Compendium for the Civic Economy, whilst supporting several 00 explorations/experiments including wikihouse and opendesk.
Immy Kaur is a co-founder and director of CIVIC SQUARE. CIVIC SQUARE is a public square, neighbourhood lab, and creative and participatory platform focused on regenerative civic and social infrastructure within neighbourhoods.
Leonora Grcheva is Cities and Regions Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab. She is an urban planner, researcher and participation practitioner, who has over a decade of experience facilitating engagement with communities, cities and regions – globally as well as locally in the UK.
Melissa Mean is Director of WeCanMake, a neighbourhood test-space in Bristol for imagining and making new ways to create homes that build social infrastructure and community wealth.
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Accessibility
- Watershed’s main entrance and Box Office are both on the ground floor which is accessible via a ramped, electronically assisted entrance door.
- There are two Blue Badge parking spaces to the rear of Watershed on Canons Road.
- Guide dogs and hearing dogs are very welcome.
- The first floor of Watershed is accessible via lift from the main entrance and includes level access to all areas, including the cinemas and event spaces.
- The cinemas and event spaces have induction loops.
- There is an accessible toilet (with baby changing facilities) near Cinema 1. Follow the signs for the Cinemas and the accessible toilet is just on your left through the double doors before Cinema 1.
- There are gender neutral toilets in the cinema corridor on the first floor.
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