Exploring Urban Design with Young People Through Cities: Skylines. Part 2: What Makes a 20-Minute Neighbourhood?

by Anna Gaffney | 17 Feb, 2023 | Climate and environment, Urban planning

Last week, we reported on an exciting project APiC co-led with Sustrans Scotland, using the game Cities: Skylines to explore urban design with pupils at Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh. We discovered a wide range of uses for Cities Skylines in the classroom, which...

Exploring Urban Design with Young People Through Cities: Skylines. Part 1: Why and How

by Anna Gaffney | 10 Feb, 2023 | Climate and environment, Urban planning

In December 2022, we had the pleasure of working with Sustrans Scotland and the Edinburgh & Lothians Developing Young Workforce team to deliver a session on urban design at Tynecastle High School. The was to introduce young people to the idea of a 20 minute...

Our Vision for an Inclusive and Effective National Planning Framework 4

by Jenny Wood | 12 Apr, 2022 | Climate and environment, Urban planning

We recently submitted a consultation response to Scottish Government’s draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4). NPF4 is a document that sets out the spatial and land use planning approach of Scottish Government up to 2045. In this blog, we lay out a summary of the...

Event: Children, Young People, and The National Planning Framework 4

by Jenny Wood | 12 Jan, 2022 | Climate and environment, Events, Urban planning

Play Scotland and A Place in Childhood are inviting representatives of organisations that work with children and young people to a discussion on planning, to help inform responses from the sector to the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) draft, released by Scottish...

Minecraft – a creative sandbox for engaging children and young people in urban design

by Anna Gaffney | 15 Nov, 2021 | Climate and environment, Urban planning

In June 2021, we had the absolute pleasure of working with Sustrans Scotland, St Paul’s Youth Forum, and St Philomena’s Primary School (in north-east Glasgow), on a pilot placemaking project to engage local children using game Minecraft. Working with a team of 10...

Child-friendly planning: RTPI Scotland webinar

by Anna Gaffney | 13 Jan, 2021 | Events, Policy and legislation, Uncategorized, Urban planning

In November 2019, the Royal Town Planning Institute published research report ‘Child Friendly Planning in the UK: A Review’. Co-authored by A Place in Childhood and ZCD Architects, the report examines what children’s rights mean for town planning systems. It also...