
Proximity of Care Design Guide
@proximityofcare
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An urban design guide for child & family-friendly design solutions. Working with our partners to renew our guide with design insight for any city or community.
Joined June 2022
How can we make 2023 the year that more cities are designed to better support young children, caregivers and pregnant women? . Today we're excited to share the new #ProximityOfCare design guide, a free, online, practical tool #RethinkingOurCities >
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The way we design our cities can make them nurturing and playful spaces that benefit the whole community. Discover how our partner @ciudademergente is turning traffic-heavy streets into safe & stimulating spaces for children >#ProximityOfCare #UrbanDesign
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Being flexible to changes in approach as an urban designer can be the difference between providing a temporary solution and a solution with sustainable impact. For insight on how to put this into practice, take a look at the #ProximityOfCare guide >
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RT @DanAllen93: Squeezing up the narrow pavement after space is given to cars and bins looks pretty difficult when you crouch to #95cmhigh.….
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Previously, the #ProximityOfCare Design Guide focused on projects in vulnerable urban contexts. Working with our partners, we've broadened the framework and insights available, so that its principles can be applied to cities and neighbourhoods worldwide >
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Developed by @Arup and @BvLFoundation and tested with partners worldwide, the #ProximityOfCare Design Guide is packed with new resources, insights and a step-by-step framework on how to embed child and family-friendly design principles into your work >
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Interested in learning how #urbandesign can better support children, caregivers & pregnant women?. Join us at Arup London, March 23, for an interactive, in-person launch of the new #ProximityOfCare guide helping you design child & family-friendly cities >
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You're invited to the launch the new #ProximityOfCare Design Guide. Join us, March 23 at @Arup in London, for an interactive session on how #urbandesign can improve the way our cities support the needs of young children, caregivers, and pregnant women >
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Your experience of the world around you is different as a young child. Meet Mokshada, aged 13 months, walking through her neighbourhood, as part of @Urban95cm's series showing the needs & challenges children face as they move through their environment >
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Children deserve a say on the neighbourhood they grow up in. They need spaces built with them in mind and designs that support their development. Hear from Childhood Consultant, @timrgill, on why it's important for #urbandesign to understand the needs of children.
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Physical environment makes a huge difference to early childhood development. It can impact learning, memory formation and cognitive functioning. Learn more about the #ProximityOfCare approach to designing cities & neighbourhoods for young children here >
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Residents are the experts in what their community needs. We worked with @Kounkuey to understand some of the challenges residents in Kibera, Kenya were facing & how #ProximityOfCare could create public spaces that better support childhood development in vulnerable contexts. (1/2)
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✔️ Prototypes tested & well received by the local community. Our partner @espacioludico are one step closer to creating an inclusive city of the senses. Working together with children & caregivers their design will shape public spaces in Uruguay to better support deaf children.
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Next week @espacioludico will be testing these prototypes with the local community to understand if their intervention is meeting the needs of deaf children and their caregivers. Stay tuned for updates!. #ProximityOfCare #InclusivePlay #UrbanPlanning
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Our partner @espacioludico have been busy meeting with neighbours, co-designing urban furniture with deaf children & building prototypes for their intervention. None of this would have been possible without support from @montevideoIM & @MVDParticipa.
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How do you know if the time & money spent redesigning urban spaces will create positive change? By testing ideas & being open to refining your initial designs. Guided by #ProximityOfCare, @espacioludico is transforming urban spaces in Uruguay to better support deaf children.
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Looking for inspiration on how design interventions can integrate play, nature & climate resilience?. @Arup's Nature-based play publication is full of fantastic case studies and research that shows the impact that play in & with nature can have >
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This #InternationalDayofEducation, take a moment to consider how your design project can create opportunities for learning. @huasipichanga's answer to this? Bringing schools into public spaces in Ecuador, integrating play and nature. #ProximityOfCare
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