by Gil Peñalosa | Sep 30, 2025 | Webinar
Key Takeaways Parks are necessary for physical, mental, social and civic well-being. Placemaking can be paired with climate adaptation. Sunset Dunes combines pedestrianization with dune restoration to manage coastal erosion and climate impacts. Summary San Francisco...
by Gil Peñalosa | Aug 19, 2025 | Webinar
Key Takeaways Flood protection and ecological restoration can be integrated at a large scale. The Port Lands project is a seven-year, $1.4B effort that renaturalizes the mouth of the Don River while lifting land out of a regional floodplain. Indigenous engagement and...
by Gil Peñalosa | Jun 24, 2025 | Webinar
Key Takeaways ⇢ Public parks offer scalable sites for stormwater capture, flood mitigation, heat buffering and biodiversity gains. ⇢ Aligning parks, stormwater, and planning departments can enable the creation of larger capital and operational funds, unlocking...
by Gil Peñalosa | Jun 10, 2025 | Webinar
Key Takeaways ⇢ Well‑designed, co‑created parks and streetscapes can reverse decades‑long declines in social cohesion and faith in government. ⇢ Embedding public space investments within broader neighbourhood stabilization and mixed-use infill yields synergistic gains...
by Gil Peñalosa | Apr 15, 2025 | Webinar
Key Takeaways ⇢ Designing for delight—playful “snot-and-drool” moments—makes places memorable and adored. ⇢ Embody kindness in design: small gestures of care ripple into broader social solidarity. ⇢ While individual “first acts” (unpaved road, treehouse, school...
