Mapping Workshop with Urban Good | Utopian Hours 2025

Mapping What’s Missing: A Workshop on Urban Nature and Community Cartography

About this Event


Mapping Workshop with Charlie Peel (Urban Good)

Join us for a unique workshop that reimagines the neighbourhood of Aurora through creative mapping, storytelling, and community engagement. Over four hours, participants will explore the concept of urban nature — not just what’s visible, but also what’s missing or hidden in plain sight.

Led by Charlie Peel of London’s Urban Good CIC, this session invites creatives, urbanists, and curious minds to take part in a collaborative mapping process using open spatial data, hand-drawn sketches, and lived experience. Together, we’ll uncover stories, green traces, and future possibilities for a more nature-rich Aurora.

Workshop Schedule
Introduction & Concepts
We’ll start by introducing the ideas of urban nature, hyperlocalism, and citizen-led cartography — exploring how maps can reflect more than just geography.
Tools & Inspiration
Get to know mapping tools like QGIS and Illustrator, and discover examples of creative, community-centered maps from other cities.
Field Reflections & Live Mapping
We’ll gather your personal observations, photos, and reflections (optional pre-task), and watch a live mapping process unfold — combining local stories with spatial data to build a new, expressive map of Aurora.
Discussion & Co-Creation
Your contributions will help shape a shared visual narrative: a map that highlights green spaces, overlooked zones, and new ideas for connection and regeneration.
Who Should Attend
Ideal for community members, urban planners, environmental advocates, designers, and anyone curious about the intersection of place, nature, and mapping. No prior experience needed — just a desire to explore.

What to Bring

• Your curiosity
• A laptop (optional, for those who want to follow along with QGIS)
• Photos or notes from your own Aurora walk (optional but encouraged)

The workshop is part of “URBAN FRAME”, the project winner of the public call for proposals ‘Torino, che cultura!’, funded by the PN METRO PLUS and CITTÀ MEDIE SUD 2021-2027 funds - TO7.5.1.1.B - SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN ECONOMY IN THE CULTURE SECTOR.
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