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The City Shaped: Policy Mechanisms as Spatial Generators V1
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The City Shaped is an independent architecture and urban design journal exploring the urban fabric as a socio-political playground shaped by policy, data, and collective agency. Originating as a research, architectural, and installation project funded by the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship in 2020, the journal continues this work in a collective form - operating as a community platform for young professionals, academics, and critical urban thinkers.

The first edition, Policy Mechanisms as Spatial Generators, examines the reciprocal relationship between policy and space. It investigates how policy decisions directly materialize in urban form, while also asking how spatial generators - such as data on movement, traffic, shade, noise, temperature, and occupancy - can operate inversely as advisory tools to inform future policy. Thus, reversing the power dynamics and enabling citizens and designers more agency. Through an open call and curated contributions, the journal positions design and analysis as mechanisms for influencing governance.