SOLIDARY DESIGN

How can a city be more than just a place to reside, work, and shop? How can it enrich our lives and help us thrive? And how can it support and strengthen communities and inspire us to form new relationships? These are fundamental questions that Yalda addresses in her daily work as a strategic urban designer at Henning Larsen.

Yalda is educated as an urbanist and architect and works at the intersection of urbanism, architecture, and social sciences. She is committed to designing comprehensive and collaborative urban development projects that prioritize the diverse wants and needs of the city’s various users and citizens as the starting point.

Yalda’s projects encompass a wide range, from research, vision and strategy development, and designing frameworks for livable cities, to designing and facilitating citizen and stakeholder participation processes. Regardless of their scope, the projects aim to redefine the linear and top-down approach to urban development by engaging and mobilizing stakeholders, citizens, and professionals in the architecture and urbanism industry to achieve the best possible outcome.