• #105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)

  • Feb 17 2025
  • Length: 49 mins
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#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)

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  • This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding.

    My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spaces
    • The importance of working closely with local communities
    • Examples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spaces into places for people and nature.
    • How to manage the complexities and constraints of working in cities.

    More about LDA Design and the projects we discuss:
    LDA Website
    Greening London's West End
    Alfred Place Gardens
    Princes Circus

    Connect with Sophie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-thompson-51b4748/

    Further listening:
    Listen to Part 1 in the urban rewilding series: #102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project

    Listen to my previous episode with LDA on their Strand Aldwych project: #81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA


    Cover image of Princes Circus, London by LDA Design. Photo by Maple Studio, used with permission from LDA Design.

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