Imparting City: Methods and Tools for Collaborative Planning

Join us for the book launch of Imparting City by Tanja Siems

This practice orientated handbook aims at all urban actors wishing to develop and realise complex urban planning concepts. It sets out a series of techniques, methods and process models that range from analytical approaches and concept strategies to the creation of participatory projects.

Creative open-ended experiments have been proven as effective academic practice driven methods within applied participatory urban mediation. The book proposes a method-catalogue of immediately realisable approaches for experimental urban research as part of a design and planning procedure within education, research and practice.

Tanja Siems is the Chair of Urban design and Head of the IUG Institute for spatial design and planning at the University of Wuppertal. Together with Theo Lorenz she founded the interdisciplinary office T2 spatialwork in London as well the AAIS Interprofessional Studio at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, a genre bridging Master in spatial performance and design.

We are delighted to welcome Tanja Siems to the AA Bookshop to celebrate the launch of this new publication over refreshments. The evening will begin with an introduction by Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange and a performance by AAIS Interprofessional Studio MFA and MA students 2022/23.

The book has a foreword by Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange and contributions by Theo Lorenz, Mohamed Fezazi, Alexia Radounikli and Vera San Payo de Lemos and will be for sale at a special launch price £35 (RRP £41)