Key Takeaways
⇢ Design with children, not for them.
⇢ Sensory-rich environments, especially those engaging all five senses, are critical
for early childhood development.
⇢ Nature-based play influences physical health, cognitive growth, and emotional well-
being through sensory engagement, motor skill development, and risk navigation.
⇢ Good design requires intentionality: co-design with children and caregivers and
support through policy, operations, and land-use…
Key Takeaways
⇢ Cycling infrastructure is rarely neutral - the design and politics behind bike lanes
reflect embedded power dynamics and societal values.
⇢ Phrases such as “Traffic flow”, “networks”, and “production streets” reflect a
worldview where streets serve cars, not people. This narrows our collective
imagination of what streets could be—social, playful, democratic, and
multifunctional.
⇢ Treating cities as systems to…