URBAN PURPOSE
The future of our cities is what we make it.
What We do
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Innovating
Shaping
Integrating
Measuring
Who we work with
We work with governments, municipalities, international agencies and across the public and private sectors, sparking conversation and stimulating collaboration between those who are waking up to the diverse challenges our urban environments currently face and who recognise the value in thinking and working collectively.
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Our Services
As a partner, collaborator and specialist resource, we plug into complex built environment projects, connecting people, ideas and urban experiences.
Our services include:
- Shaping ambitious and measurable urban visions and strategies
- Providing independent strategic advisory on all aspects of city-making and masterplanning
- Applying systems thinking to create value across urban environments
- Assembling international teams with best practice leaders
- Helping to build capacity and capability, sharing international best practices for urban transformations
- Curating and leading strategic and thematic workshops
- Facilitating stakeholder engagement including co-vision and co-creation
About Urban Purpose
Transformation
Collaboration
Synergy
Exchange
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About
Carlo Castelli
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Years
Experience delivering innovative urban solutions across the global built environment.
Square Meters
International Projects
Leads global urban projects, advising on strategic development, including Edinburgh, Melbourne, and Milan.
Urban Purpose is headed by Carlo Castelli – an architect and masterplanner with 25 years’ experience delivering innovative urban solutions across the global built environment.
Carlo leads and advises teams on major international and inter-disciplinary urban projects at various scales, with particular expertise in spatial strategies and socio-economic and transport-related development.
He advocates a ‘purpose case’ approach to city-making which aims to enhance quality of life and well-being through the holistic integration of economic, social, environmental and cultural values.
He is actively engaged in the urban debate – moderating, participating and curating panels as well as speaking regularly at international conferences.
Carlo also co-chairs the Urban Land Institute’s Urban Regeneration Council for Europe and sits on the LSE Global Real Estate Group’s Executive Committee, as well as the World Smart Cities Forum (WSCF) advisory board.
Carlo has provided strategic advice and leadership to some of the world’s most important urban projects, including:
- the Edinburgh City Centre Transformation Plan (with Jacobs)
- the Suburban Rail Loop in Melbourne (with Jacobs)
- a Meridian Water regeneration project in London (with Jacobs)
- a UNDP capacity-building programme for the city of Riyadh
- the New London Agenda with the NLA
- the redevelopment agreement process of 1 million sqm of strategic rail sites in Milan (with AECOM)
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We provide the strategies and create the cross-cultural collaborations that propel urban environments towards resilient, inclusive futures.
The future of our cities is what we make it.