Cultural Powerhouses Study Tour
Location: London, Paris, Nantes
Year: 2024
See London and Paris with new eyes
The City Makers’ Guild is a collective of passionate urbanists who view urban development as a craft, not a commodity. Established in Sydney, Australia, the Guild is an international organisation sharing a common purpose in calling for more equitable, meaningful and sustainable cities. The Guild is providing a robust platform for more collaborative, cutting-edge and intelligent city making, calling out what must change and challenging old, broken models.
The City Makers’ Guild invites you to join us on a 9-night study tour of London and Paris: Europe’s cultural powerhouses. Both cities have excelled at growing their cultural tourism offer and making up for lost time and missed expenditure during the Covid years. We will be joined by none other than Aida Esposito of creativethinkinganddoing in London and Clarissa Pelino in Paris as our additional guides on top of Left Bank Co.’s founder and director Michelle Tabet.
The 2024 Cultural Powerhouses tour will be a must-see event for all those either creating new precincts and cultural infrastructure or engaged in cultural policy. Any questions about the study tour to be directed to citymakersguild2024@gmail.com.
London highlights
– Learn about London’s innovative and experimental approaches to supporting and fostering the creative industries
– Discover new typologies such as artist housing, live-work and new types of presentation spaces
– Gain insight into how local authorities are using their planning systems and policies to attract and nurture the creative industries (Waltham Forest, City of London Corporation, Greenwich and Barking)
– Experience the top-rated immersive experience at Light Room and a behind the scenes view at what makes an exceptional immersive experience
– Get a behind the scenes view at how culture is being embedded in new development areas such as Elephant and Castle redevelopment, EastBank and King’s Cross
Paris highlights
– Experience a range of creative workspaces including spaces for making for the highest standard of artisanship (ICI Montreuil, 19M, Villa Belleville, Poush)
– Get a behind-the-scenes understanding of the role the luxury sector plays in making culture happen (LVMH, Moet and Chandon, Kering)
– Understand how creative jobs are evolving and how France is maintaining a global leadership position by supporting and growing its metiers d’art
– Experience a different approach to immersives and storytelling to discover the City with Notre Dame Eternelle and Grand Palais Immersif
Nantes highlights
While in Paris, the Cultural Powerhouses Study Tour will take a daytrip to Nantes, a city that has re-invented itself around a yearly arts and culture festival. This leg is proposed for 29 May 2024, with the chance for participants to:
– Visit the newest full-scale urban renewal area (Ile de Nantes) that has been imagined with culture and creativity as a driving force for education, employment and community life
– Experience the revitalisation of the historic LU biscuit factory into a large scale third space for creatives and entrepreneurs
