Petra Marko
Urban strategist and author of "Meanwhile City"
Architect, urban strategist and placemaking expert. Petra Marko is co-founder of Marko&Placemakers, a consulting and city design agency. In her current role as Chief Executive of the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava she leads a multidisciplinary team spearheading strategic approach to public spaces, urban planning and participatory placemaking.
Active mainly in London, Marko has over 15 years of experience in the field of placemaking. Her mission is to build new identities and functions for the places in cities that need them most. Field research, visual storytelling and activation of public spaces: at Utopian Hours / Milan Edition we will discover with her the full potential of meanwhile placemaking.
Bratislava
Slovakia
Petra Marko
Urban strategist and author of "Meanwhile City"
Architect, urban strategist and placemaking expert. Petra Marko is co-founder of Marko&Placemakers, a consulting and city design agency. In her current role as Chief Executive of the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava she leads a multidisciplinary team spearheading strategic approach to public spaces, urban planning and participatory placemaking.
Active mainly in London, Marko has over 15 years of experience in the field of placemaking. Her mission is to build new identities and functions for the places in cities that need them most. Field research, visual storytelling and activation of public spaces: at Utopian Hours / Milan Edition we will discover with her the full potential of meanwhile placemaking.
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Meanwhile placemaking: how to give purpose to neglected spaces?
Utopian Hours 2023 questions the future of city making and tackles some of the most complex issues in the urban sphere, looking for new stimuli to generate diversity, efficiency and creativity — wherever there is a citizen.
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Workshop — Meanwhile Placemaking
Starting from a forgotten building that has remained closed for decades, we imagine possible transformations for a more welcoming and dynamic Lungo Dora. The workshop on meanwhile placemaking by Utopian Hours 2023 curated by Petra Marko.
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