Urbanism Overview
Urban planning is a field that combines environmental sustainability, social equity, and design thinking in a cohesive way. See below for some examples of research and interrogation.
Case Studies for Human City
Anneli interviewed millennials living in New York, and contributed to the writing of case studies for startup Human City.
Housing in Stockholm
Image by Anneli Lucia Tostar
Anneli’s master’s thesis, completed at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden, detailed how the current housing crisis in Stockholm affects the emotional, financial, and material wellbeing of young people’s lives.
An abbreviated version has been published in the Swedish planning journal PLAN, available for order.
Anneli’s thesis also won an award for the year’s best master’s thesis about the city of Stockholm.
Transport in São Paulo
Image by Anneli Lucia Tostar
Research done for Transforming Urban Transport (TUT) project at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Click on the button below to learn more on the TUT website and read the case study.
Urban Design for Haninge
Designs for Haninge, a suburb in the greater Stockholm area, for an urban design studio course. The design focuses on harnessing the local water sources through a canal system to better service the area.
Larger view of how the expanded transport network (including extensive bike lanes and reduced car lanes) would integrate with the new canal system, new dwellings, and refurbished industrial buildings (in blue).