IN THE ROOM AT ACCELERATE DEBATES: DESIGNING A SAFER CITY
October 2025
What comes to mind, when you try to imagine a safe city?
This is the question Senior Urban Researcher, Gaia Crocella, posed at Open City’s first debate of the year, “Designing a Safer City”.
“We see safety as a spectrum of experiences, where exclusion acts as the common foundation. It’s not just about being free from violence—it’s about how spaces feel, how they function, and whether we truly belong… The answers are already in our neighbourhoods. The communities are the experts of their own experiences—we just need to listen.” Gaia Crocella
Gaia shared the stage with Accelerate alumna Bhavni Ghedia; Ciaran Thapar, from the Youth Endowment Fund; artist Hanna Benihoud; and Dr David Knight, founding co-director of dk-cm.
News ⋅ October 2025
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IN THE ROOM AT ACCELERATE DEBATES: DESIGNING A SAFER CITY
October 2025
What comes to mind, when you try to imagine a safe city?
This is the question Senior Urban Researcher, Gaia Crocella, posed at Open City’s first debate of the year, “Designing a Safer City”.
“We see safety as a spectrum of experiences, where exclusion acts as the common foundation. It’s not just about being free from violence—it’s about how spaces feel, how they function, and whether we truly belong… The answers are already in our neighbourhoods. The communities are the experts of their own experiences—we just need to listen.” Gaia Crocella
Gaia shared the stage with Accelerate alumna Bhavni Ghedia; Ciaran Thapar, from the Youth Endowment Fund; artist Hanna Benihoud; and Dr David Knight, founding co-director of dk-cm.
News ⋅ October 2025
See more