Participatory Processes & Placemaking
Creative Urban Regeneration
For Governments, Developers & Urban Designers / Planners / Landscape Architects
If you want to encourage more community involvement but are worried about it spiralling out of control, I can help
I can inspire public participation and activity safely, under conditions of high uncertainty
Get more buy-in, better community outcomes, stronger place identity and local pride. The right sort of participatory processes, resources and facilitation can transform projects and build community capacity without sacrificing your essentials.
The sort of stuff I can do for you
Place Strategies & Programmes
Building better places together.
Placemaking Guidelines & Resources
Help others do it themselves. To your standards.
Creative Urban Regeneration & Disaster Recovery
Purposeful fun when things are tough.
Engagement & Participatory Processes
Get the most out of your community and collaborators.
Climate Adaptation Planning with Communities
A people- and place-led approach to serious challenges.
Events, Installations & Trials
Kickstart the momentum and test longer-term ideas.
Keynotes, Inspiration & Workshops
Showing & helping people discover what’s possible.
“Every once in awhile you meet amazing people who shift your mindset and set your thinking on a new path. Ryan is one of those. Inspired by what I had seen in Christchurch I commissioned Ryan to produce a think piece for us around Auckland city activation and possible strategies to implement. Today we have three incredible X-Factor staff operating like creative innovation agents stimulating pop up activation across our central city: working with the community and business, bringing streets and places alive... restoring the lost mojo. Our exciting activation journey has just begun and Ryan lit the touch paper.”- Ludo Campbell-Reid, Design Champion, Auckland Council
“It felt like Ryan took a placemaking approach to the whole process of developing these resources, talking to people across Council, listening to their concerns, understanding how they could or should be involved – which got much better buy-in and organisation-wide awareness of our new process guide that he developed. We're enjoying using it now, ensuring we are guided to take the right steps at the right time in our placemaking journeys with communities.”- Jaye Michalick, Team Leader, Growth Planning & Placemaking, Far North District Council