Simeon Shtebunaev
@shtebunaev
Senior Researcher at Social Life | Doctoral research at Birmingham City University in youth and urban planning | Trustee RTPI | Design Council Expert Linkedin:
We are hosting a masterclass at @Social Life on our work across social sustainability and how it relates to place-based policy and neighbourhood design. You can book if interested or share: lnkd.in/et-PniVK
Social Life developed our Community Dynamics data - predicting how people feel about the places they live. We believe the data and the approach have fresh relevance today. Read more: www.social-life.co/blog/post/ma...
Second day at #WUF13 was exciting with sessions at the UK Pavillion with Policy Lab, Global Planners Network @rtpiplanners.bsky.social
Arrived at Baku, Azerbaijan for the 13th session of the World Urban Forum #WUF13 Exited to chat about cities, housing and youth, get in touch! @unhabitatyouth.bsky.social
Super excited to see Pullens Yard, my workplace, a finalist for best neighbourhood from the @academyofurbanism.bsky.social!
Homophobic and anti-LGBTQ literature in the North Edgebaston Ward, Birmingham - what a bunch of opportunists
Beautiful statements from our neighbours in the Civic Square's planning application!
What happens to people who go in the Home Office that they morph into the most obvious caricature of mundane evil...
💯 The Design for Social Sustainability is tried, tested and flexible format to embed in all stages of development. 🧩 We want to use the framework to improve the quality of new house building. 👋 Get in touch with Social Life - nicola.bacon@social-life.co or simeon.shtebunaev@social-life.co
Searching for the keyword 'architect' in the Epstein files returns so many entries. Interesting to find out what is the background to it, who were the firms that kept working with him even after the convinction. One for architecture press to review maybe!
Also the front cover is a beautiful collage MyPlace teenagers did with us on Woodberry Down, Hackney - featuring @hughpearman.bsky.social (we used RIBAJ magazines - old ones!)
Find the difference between the story of Moses and the exile and the scenes happening at the moment in Gaza... how can any religious person not be striken by the similarilty! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#MapMonday San Cristóbal de La Laguna 1694 drawn by Italian engineer Leonardo Torriani La Laguna is the first instance of unfortified colonial town and forerunner of the new towns founded in Americas. #townplanning #urbanism #urbanplanning #newtowns turismo.aytolalaguna.es/en/world-her...
Skeffington Report 1969 on planning and participation. Back when public reports had nice images and diagrams!
I did a little wish for Digbeth Urban Room - a place that coalesces this energy and continues to reimagine Digbeth
There were tables of artists facilitating different media and in the process collecting information about the future of the area!
One of the best public consultations on a place-based SPD (in this case Digbeths Cultural Strategy) I've recently been to! Grand Union and Eastside projects are fantastic!
#MapMonday - Tenochtitlan, 1524 The capital city of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan was founded in the early 14th century. Built across a series of islands connected by causeways in Lake Texcoco This map, published in Nuremberg in 1524 #townplanning #urbanism #urbanplanning
HS2 building site in Birmingham is in full swing! Half the city is again a building site
I am pleased to confirm that I will be speaking at the PlaceShapers Annual Conference. Facilitated by Joanna Charlton, Communications Lead, PlaceShapers. You can find the full programme and how to register here: shorturl.at/T7hMR #PlaceShapers2024 #Communicate #Connect #Collaborate
Reflecting on almost a year and a half at Social Life! I've loved every minute of it and the team have been fantastic See our work in social susstainability, social value, engagement across the UK and abroad here: www.social-life.co
I love this slide from Patrick Clarke at the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social Urban Design Conference today. We know a lot of what needs to be done - let's do it!