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Welcome to the Nature of Cities Festival 2024! A gathering to get inspired, to learn, to present, collaborate, or to meet hundreds of new best friends and urban nature co-conspirators. The Berlin segment is an all-inclusive multi-day experience featuring field-trips, in person talks, workshops, art interventions, a film festival, Farm-to-Table dinners, various opportunities for socializing, and much more. All of it takes place at the Atelier Gardens venue, and various other locations around Berlin.

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Tuesday, June 4 • 08:00 - 09:30
A radical alternative to drop-down planning: the Rivers and People approach centres people, ecology, culture, and community action in to reimagine low income riverine neighborhoods.

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“No more masters, no more masterplans” Wangui Kimari, 23’ 

The “Rivers and People” approach, co-developed, codified, and implemented by KDI + partners since 2015, builds from the ecology and morphology of the river, and community and youth action on public space. In the session, we will prototype the “Rivers and People” approach for a real neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya with participants. 


Virtual Speakers
avatar for Joe Mulligan

Joe Mulligan

Founding Principal, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Joe is a Founding Principal of KDI, and currently serves as Executive Director. A chartered civil and environmental engineer, he is passionate about the joint application of science and local knowledge to develop socially and ecologically resilient cities. Joe co-directs the global... Read More →

Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Franklin Kirimi

Franklin Kirimi

Senior Design Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Mr. Franklin Kirimi is a Landscape Architect, who has dedicated the last 5 years to the contextualization and sustainability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban informal settlements and in the urban context of sub-Saharan African cities. With a keen focus on overcoming challenges... Read More →



Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
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