Cities are at the heart of many challenges we face
today, but the solution to these problems also lies at
the heart of the cities — the people who live in them.
Conventional understanding and applications of
urban design, placemaking, and citizen engagement
tend to fall short in addressing the complex needs
of the people and the environment they live in.
This project explores the blend of the two separate
concepts of regenerative design and placemaking,
which calls for paradigm shift in underlying
narratives, to move away from linear and reductive
interventions towards a systems-based, and
foresight-embedded approach.
The research, rooted in Toronto, engages with
current perspectives of people, the places they
exist in, the problems surrounding them and
the worldviews that drive them. The gathered
insights help frame recommendations with focus
on enhancing community engagement practices
and to further define the concept of regenerative
placemaking.

The learnings gathered provide value to the realms
of community engagement, participatory design,
and collective foresight.