Curator

Alexandra LambropoulosUrban planner, founder, builder of better public squares

Alexandra is the founder of Untitled Planning, creator of Urban Limitrophe, and Project Officer at the Infrastructure Institute. An urban planner with an MSc in Planning, she specializes in community economic development and is Board Chair of plazaPOPS.

NewestHow My African Aesthetic Is Reimagining Design and Placemaking Across Borders | Eunice Nanzala SchumacherExploring African aesthetics (i.e. deesign from an African perspective) and how questions of identity, belonging, and culture shape the spaces we create.

EpisodeHow a Free Building Can Cost Everything: China, Africa, and Gifting Parliaments | Dr. Innocent Batsani-NcubeExploration of China’s recent donation of African countries’ parliament buildings and their implications

EpisodeHow to Build a Continent-Sized Water System (Trans Africa Pipeline Part 1)How to build a water pipeline across the continent of Africa

EpisodeHow DO Architecture Co-Designs for Dignity After DisasterArchitecture as a tool for healing, dignity, and post-disaster recovery.

EpisodeHow the Trans Africa Pipeline (TAP) Can Solve the Sahel Region's Water CrisisA 7,000km pipeline, four pillars of water sustainability, and a global water crisis reframed.

Every episode

01How My African Aesthetic Is Reimagining Design and Placemaking Across Borders | Eunice Nanzala Schumacher Exploring African aesthetics (i.e. deesign from an African perspective) and how questions of identity, belonging, and culture shape the spaces we create.Episode 02How a Free Building Can Cost Everything: China, Africa, and Gifting Parliaments | Dr. Innocent Batsani-Ncube Exploration of China’s recent donation of African countries’ parliament buildings and their implicationsEpisode 03How to Build a Continent-Sized Water System (Trans Africa Pipeline Part 1) How to build a water pipeline across the continent of AfricaEpisode 04How DO Architecture Co-Designs for Dignity After Disaster Architecture as a tool for healing, dignity, and post-disaster recovery.Episode 05How the Trans Africa Pipeline (TAP) Can Solve the Sahel Region's Water Crisis A 7,000km pipeline, four pillars of water sustainability, and a global water crisis reframed.Episode 06How to Build a Better Innovation Ecosystem: Lessons from Botswana Land, policy, history, and power in Botswana's innovation landscape.Episode 07Why Africa’s Water Crisis Matters Everywhere and What We Can Do About It (Trans Africa Pipeline Part 3) How to build a water pipeline across the continent of AfricaEpisode 08How Water Infrastructure Shapes Our Lives (Trans Africa Pipeline Part 2) How to build a water pipeline across the continent of AfricaEpisode 09How the Bicycle Mayor of Toronto is Making Toronto's Streets Safer for All Toronto's Bicycle Mayor on inclusive cycling infrastructure and Vision Zero.Episode 10How Civic Action Shapes Cities and What to Avoid When Building Megacities From Scratch Civic action, voting, and the politics of city building.Episode 11How the Just Cities Project is Using 3D Modeling to Co-Design Smart Cities in Kenya 3D modelling software for community co-design in Nakuru, Kenya.Episode 12How Escrevivencias Challenge Urban Planning Norms: Afro-Brazilian Communities' Strategies for Reclaiming the Right to the City Race, gender, and urban policy in Brazil's cities.Episode 13How CLUSTER is Bridging Western Urban Understanding From the Middle East to North Africa Urban informality and arts-based community initiatives in Cairo.Episode 14How Think Tanger's Multicultural Approach Transforms Suburban and Urban Spaces Multicultural cultural planning across Toronto and Tangier.Episode 15How the Charter Cities Institute Promotes Inclusive and Adaptable Planning for Sustainable New Cities Inclusive and adaptable planning frameworks for new sustainable cities.Episode 16Artistry Beyond Borders: Exploring the Power of Public Art in Toronto Multi-disciplinary artistry and the power of public art in Toronto.Episode 17How Ushahidi is Using Crowdsourcing to Help Communities' Disaster Response and Recovery Crowdsourcing for crisis response and community decision-making.Episode 18Comment le Centre d'art Waza fait la promotion des artistes et de l'art populaire à Lubumbashi Le rôle de l'art public et de la créativité à Lubumbashi, RDC.Episode 19How the Justice Defenders is Using Education to Defend the Defenceless Educating prisoners to provide legal services for themselves and others.Episode 20How the Book Bunk is Restoring Public Libraries Across Nairobi Restoring Nairobi's iconic public libraries into sites of heritage and shared experience.Episode 21How Buildher is Empowering Women Through Construction Promoting gender equality in construction through skills training.Episode 22How Black Futures Now Toronto Turned Local Histories into a Virtual Community Centre Storytelling, radical mapping, and archiving Black histories.Episode 23How Lima's Sonic Landscapes Are Shaped by Afro-Peruvian Women Black womanhood, Afro-Peruvian music, and the sonic landscapes of Lima.Episode 24An Exploration of Black Excellence in Future Geographers and Planners at the University of Toronto A Black History/Black Futures Month special with five emerging geographers and planners.Episode 25How Hope Raisers Uses Digital Storytelling to Build Community Climate Resilience in Nairobi, Kenya Community climate adaptation, and the importance of incorporating youth voice in decision-making.Episode 26How The Abibiman Project is Tackling Food Insecurity One African Dish at a Time The cultural appropriateness of food in tackling food insecurity.Episode 27How iAfrika is Helping Local Public Libraries Bridge the Digital Language Divide The importance of public libraries in cities, and bridging the digital language divide.Episode 28How Surf Ghana is Building a Skate-Friendly Accra The role of skateboarding and skateparks in city building.Episode 29How the Black Planning Project is Diversifying Urban Planning One Story at a Time Collecting and sharing the stories of Black urban planning professionals.Episode