Encounter an experience
Begin with a real observation or urban experience, making room to listen and be heard.
A participatory gathering to encounter different perspectives, exchange roles and discover new possibilities for the city.

Face to Face makes room to pause and encounter another perspective: to look at a familiar challenge from an unfamiliar position and hear experiences we often pass by. This Shahr Naghshafarin gathering begins with participants’ lived experiences and asks how each of us can help shape a better city.
Building on the idea behind TURN, the experience invites participants to move between three roles: the city, the citizen and the changemaker. A shared challenge can look different from each position; one person’s solution may raise a new question for another. The aim is to listen carefully, clarify the challenge and develop a shared idea.
Citizens, cultural and community practitioners, designers, researchers and anyone with an experience or concern about urban life. Come ready to listen, ask questions and consider the city from a different position.
Begin with a real observation or urban experience, making room to listen and be heard.
Revisit the needs and constraints of a challenge through the roles of city, citizen and changemaker.
Bring different perspectives together to frame a clearer question and a proposal for further conversation and action.
Registration for this gathering is closed. Explore the archive to discover other shared experiences.
Moments from the talks, encounters and conversations. Select a photo to see the full image.