09/05/2022
With Sangita Myska of Studios, we discussed and Play the City as one of the relevant methods to unblock the planning system in the UK. In her program Positive Thinking, Sangita goes in search of the innovators with big solutions to some of our most intractable problems.
We could enjoy her sharp questions and the conversation. In the second half, you hear local planning experts comment on the method and its impact. We hope you enjoy the program as well, here is the link to the interview:
https://lnkd.in/ecTP98mM
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Making Planning Work for Everyone
The government has pledged to build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s to ease the country’s housing crisis and increase home ownership, but that target is not being met. According to some experts the problem is that the system isn't equipped to deal with the amount of local opposition proposed developments generate. But what if there was a way to build consensus so that everyone felt their opinion was being heard?
Architect and game designer Ekim Tan believes the key could be in game play - bringing all the stakeholders together to play games involving design, policy and budgets. Her method has been tried in cities all over the world, could it work here?
Our expert panel:
David Rudlin, urbanist, master planner and Principle at Urbed design and research consultancy
Rosie Pearson, Chairman of the Community Planning Alliance
Dr Zac Baynham-Herd, Advisor at the Behavioural Insights Team
Does gaming hold the key to resolving the planning bottleneck?
