Creative Placemaking: Using Arts & Culture for Urban Revitalization

Here’s how arts and culture can breathe life into derelict spaces.

Photo by Maaria Lohiya on Unsplash

A while ago, I published a piece about placemaking, an approach of urban planning and design that focuses on people. This idea is essential if we aim to make a place that people actually want to live in. If you’re unfamiliar with placemaking, you might want to check it out first:

Placemaking: The Essential Approach to Designing Humane Cities

In this piece, we’ll discuss one subtype of placemaking that I think you’ll be interested in, especially if you’re a connoisseur of arts and culture.

It’s called creative placemaking.

What Is Creative Placemaking?

ArtPlace America proposed the following definition:

“ […] the intentional integration of arts, culture, and community-engaged design strategies into the process of equitable community planning and development.”