Name: Basic Forms: Reimagining Public Space
Start: 2026-10-14T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-14T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Frobisher Crescent

This event is in the past.It took place on October 14, 2026 at Frobisher Crescent.

Upcoming at Frobisher Crescent

Educational Talk

Basic Forms: Reimagining Public Space

October 14 at 7pm

At Frobisher Crescent

Barbican

Website

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📚Tim Gill wrote Urban Playground, on child-friendly city design

🇫🇮Co-hosted with the Finnish Institute, expect Nordic design flair

🎟️Free but ticketed, book ahead to guarantee a seat

What if cities were built for play, not just traffic? Artist Päivi Raivio and author Tim Gill share films and ideas on designing urban spaces that invite everyone, kids included, to join in.

Playful urbanism

Design talk

Film screening

Audience Q&A

Frobisher Crescent

Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS, UK

Free

www.barbican.org.uk

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