We’re for Cities, an urban design experience design studio based in Japan and work mainly in Japanese and Asian cities. In our newsletter, we share projects and news along with inviting a guest urbanist every month to curate some urban trends and hot topics including from their city!
for Cities is excited to announce for Cities Week 2025, an immersive learning and practice program set in dynamic cities around the world. It is a week-long celebration of exhibitions, workshops, performances, pop-ups, meetups, and lectures—bringing communities together to shape the future of cities. This time, we head to Chiang Mai, Thailand—a city where rich traditions meet a thriving creative scene 🇹🇭
This year’s theme is "Tropical" Urbanism(s) -As cities worldwide experience increasing tropicalization due to climate change, how can we foster comfortable and sustainable urban living? Drawing from Thailand’s indigenous wisdom and everyday practices, we will explore new possibilities for urban design.
◉Period: May 26 ~ June 1 2025
◉Location: Kalm Village, Chiang Mai’s hub for arts, crafts, and culture
🙋♀️Fellowship (20 spots): A full-week program (May 25–June 1) including field research, workshops, and exhibition-making. 100,000JPY (tax incl.)
🧑🎓Student slots (3 spots): 50,000JPY (tax incl.)
🤝Corporate sponsor slots available (250,000JPY).
🚩Participants (50 spots): Join the forum, talks, and exhibition in the final 3 days (May 30–June 1). 30,000JPY (tax incl.)
More information about the programme 👉 here
Early-registration form https://forms.gle/WSan66yAFFBpfpKb9
Please reach out to us if you have any questions at info@forcities.org
For our next meet-up , we would introduce a project we have been doing in Saigon, Vietnam on “regenerative materials”. We are also planning to invite a guest speaker from Vietnam to give us a local insight on the topic too!
It’s a casual session on Discord where we have inspiring discussions with urbanists around the world!
📅 March 22
🕰️ 19:00-20:30 (JST)/ 11:00-12:30 (CEST)
⭐️Sing-up from here
For our first meet-up of the year, Taranum Lone who was our news picker from last month’s newsletter talked about her picks and themes related to them. We had participants from South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan, Germany and the UK.
Topics that we discussed
What are the importance of small/medium sized cities?
How to sustain community driven and bottom-up initiatives?
How do we create a “language” to talk about cities out side of the Europe/America?
If you have any questions please reach out at info@forcities.org
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