Designing the compassionate city to overcome built-in biases and help us live better
- Written by Jenny Donovan, Urban Designer and Sessional Lecturer, La Trobe University
Originating in the Netherlands, the concept of 'woonerfs', areas designed to invite walking, playing, socialising and cycling while curbing motor vehicles, has spread to cities in other countries, including Berlin.Eric Sehr/Flickr, CC BY-SAWhen we design, build, manage, occupy or even just pass through a place, we change it. Whether we are...