Collaborative Urbanism Study Tour
Location: Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Zurich, Switzerland
Year: 2018 and 2019
Exploring alternative development models and inclusive city-making
The City Makers’ Guild is a collective of passionate urbanists who view urban development as a craft, not a commodity. Established in Sydney, Australia, the Guild is an international organisation sharing a common purpose in calling for more equitable, meaningful and sustainable cities. The Guild is providing a robust platform for more collaborative, cutting-edge and intelligent city making, calling out what must change and challenging old, broken models.
Left Bank Co. partnered with the City Makers' Guild to conceive, curate, organise and deliver the Guild's inaugural study tour in 2018 and a follow up tour in 2019 to Berlin, Vienna and Zurich. The tours offered a rare opportunity for the urbanists, architects, designers and policy makers of Australia and New Zealand to explore world-leading alternative development models, by meeting those who created them. Our purpose was to arm the most influential and innovative city makers in our local industry with the knowledge to advocate for and deliver better planning, policy and design.
Annual City Makers’ Guild tours are being organised (albeit on hiatus for 2020 due to Covid-19), with a range of new destinations earmarked for future tours. You can read more about the City Makers' Guild here, and check out photos from the tours on Instagram.