URBAN ROOMS TOOLKIT
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An Urban Room is a space where people can come together to help create a future for their local area.

Are you...

a community activist determined to foster more meaningful participation in your neighbourhood?

a local authority officer hoping to engage communities in conversations about the local plan?

a creative practitioner commissioned to co-design the future of a high street with local people?

a university lecturer working in a built environment discipline seeking opportunities to partner with local people to share knowledge and ideas?

...then an Urban Room could help you develop those creative, meaningful conversations in the places that matter to people.

Although Urban Rooms come in all shapes and sizes, they all share the same principles:

1.
a focus on our shared built environment - streets, neighbourhoods and public spaces

2.
an open door -  all welcome, especially those who are traditionally under-represented in decision making about the future of our towns and cities

3.
exploration through creative activities - to prompt curiosity and fresh thinking

4.
to be ‘on-site’, that is, located in the places that are being discussed

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An Urban Room can be:

▪︎ inside a building or outside in public space

▪︎ open for just a few days, a few weeks or months, or for years

▪︎ many different things: a shop; a market stall, a milk float, a tree house, a clearing in the woods; hosted in a public square, a corner of a public library, a community centre or a supermarket…

▪︎ facilitated by a variety of organisations: community groups, local authorities, arts organisations, universities

“Every town and city should have a physical space where people can go to understand, debate and get involved in the past, present and future of where they live, work and play.

The purpose of these Urban Rooms is to foster meaningful connections between people and place, using creative methods of engagement to encourage active participation in the future of our buildings, streets and neighbourhoods.”

Urban Rooms Network

An Urban Room is a space where people can come together to help create a future for their local area.

Are you...

a community activist determined to foster more meaningful participation in your neighbourhood?

a local authority officer hoping to engage communities in conversations about the local plan?

a creative practitioner commissioned to co-design the future of a high street with local people?

a university lecturer working in a built environment discipline seeking opportunities to partner with local people to share knowledge and ideas?

...then an Urban Room could help you develop those creative, meaningful conversations in the places that matter to people.

Although Urban Rooms come in all shapes and sizes, they all share the same principles:

1.
a focus on our shared built environment - streets, neighbourhoods and public spaces

2.
an open door -  all welcome, especially those who are traditionally under-represented in decision making about the future of our towns and cities

3.
exploration through creative activities - to prompt curiosity and fresh thinking

4.
to be ‘on-site’, that is, located in the places that are being discussed

URBAN ROOMS TOOLKIT

An Urban Room can be:

▪︎ inside a building or outside in public space

▪︎ open for just a few days, a few weeks or months, or for years

▪︎ many different things: a shop; a market stall, a milk float, a tree house, a clearing in the woods; hosted in a public square, a corner of a public library, a community centre or a supermarket…

▪︎ facilitated by a variety of organisations: community groups, local authorities, arts organisations, universities

“Every town and city should have a physical space where people can go to understand, debate and get involved in the past, present and future of where they live, work and play.

The purpose of these Urban Rooms is to foster meaningful connections between people and place, using creative methods of engagement to encourage active participation in the future of our buildings, streets and neighbourhoods.”

Urban Rooms Network