Portfolio
We work with partners across the world to build happier, healthier and more inclusive communities.
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Klamath healthy places plan
Action plan to guide placemaking strategies and public space investment for Klamath County, focused on improving public health outcomes.
Mary Anne’s Place community engagement and design audit
Community engagement and design reviews to optimize well-being at Mary Anne’s Place, a mixed-use development in Port Moody, B.C.
My home, my neighbourhood wellbeing study
Survey of 2,000 residents across Metro Vancouver to assess the links between density, neighbourhood design, and health.
Community wellbeing assessment tool
Happy Cities has dedicated over a decade to researching the connections between urban design and well-being. Our efforts culminated in a cutting-edge community assessment tool. This tool evaluates four design realms and tracks over 80 evidence-based criteria to gauge a project's impact on well-being.
National policy for happier, healthier communities
In January 2019, the United Arab Emirates introduced a pioneering national community design policy, aiming to create happier, healthier communities across the country.
Clear Creek School District: Community wellbeing audit
Happy Cities collaborated with Colorado partners to conduct a Happy Mapping Audit at the Clear Creek School District site in Idaho Springs. This initiative is part of the town's efforts to explore opportunities for economic diversification and expanding its tax base.
Wellbeing principles for British Land
British Land, the UK’s largest real estate investment trust, is committed to improving wellbeing through its development and placemaking practices. We helped the company to pursue this aspiration through a collaborative program of research, recommendations, site audits and workshops.
Collaborative wellbeing audit in Mexico City neighbourhood
We advocate that evidence on design's impact on happiness empowers designers, planners, and citizens to co-create better communities. Teaming up with Laboratorio para la Ciudad, an urban innovation lab, we applied this approach in a complex, contested district in Mexico City.