Question 2

Q: Your work spans from landscape ecology to tactical urbanism. How do you balance long-term, large-scale strategies with the immediate, citizen-driven interventions that tactical urbanism entails?

A: City making can be a long and complex process. Achieving a long term vision can take a lot of time and move very slowly. Therefore, it's important to have a set of tools that can enable citizens to solve pressing concerns and issues facing communities today. Tactical urbanism works best when it's done by and with surrounding communities as part of an effort to achieve long-term strategic change. Tactical urbanism can be a useful way of prototyping and testing new ideas and to enable the adaptation and evolution of city making practices.