Placemaking & Property

Cities remain key engines of opportunity and culture, yet the nature of urban growth, as our Urbanised World driver indicates, is evolving as cities adapt to new pressures, from climate risk and adaptation to changing patterns of work and migration.

Meet the Urban Rewilder, a Neo-Urbanite reclaiming dense city life through walkable neighbourhoods, hybrid third spaces and new forms of citizen-led placemaking.

Through sound, light, haptics and neuroscience principles, immersive wellness spaces are turning sensory design into repeatable rituals that support holistic wellbeing and targeted neurological outcomes.

Meet the Neo-Urbanites, the citizens renegotiating urban life on their own terms – reclaiming space as a source of wellbeing, forging community ties and expressing identity through the rhythms of life within a metropolis.

An executive’s guide to capitalising on brand equity.