Respiration, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes. Automne 2024.

©Arthur Crestani, Rue de la Conversation. Juillet 2024.

A collaboration with Köln International School of Design, (KISD) and urbz as part of the Global Design Initiative (GDI) 10th anniversary event. 

Fictional imaginaries help us move towards an important starting point in urban practice - 'recognition'. A way of seeing that transforms our understanding of urban spaces.

In The Shapes of Third Places series, we delve into the work of the three student groups of GDI 2025, exploring how their creative and insightful approaches have helped us gain new perspectives on Third Places.

Recognizing and narrating our cities’ ordinary places of sociability, friendship, and community life.