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DESIRABLE
CIRCULAR URBANITY
How design practices can leverage
circularity to create desirable urban environments
INVESTMENT ANGLE
Faced with many challenges, cities stand at a pivotal crossroads. Urban development represents a key component of the transition of cities. In Quebec, the built environment represents 34% of its material impact and 27% of its waste, underscoring the urgent need for innovative solutions (Circle Economy, 2021).
Design professions possess a unique power, shaping our spaces and everyday objects. Circularity offers a transformative approach to building and renovating our cities, addressing both current and future challenges.
Our approach combines the expertise of designers with circular economy principles, creating new models that unlock significant economic opportunities. By incorporating innovative design, metabolism thinking and new forms of urban living into neighborhood projects, we contribute to desirable cities.
Creative Capital is currently building a consortium of designers, investors, developers, experts, planners and innovative companies. Together, we are exploring the future and forging opportunities while shaping a desirable urbanity —vibrant, resilient, captivating and fair for all.
STORIES
In 2023, the City of Montreal initiated a consultation for its first Circular Economy Roadmap. As part of this process, Creative Capital submitted a mémoire (consultation brief) to reinforce the key role of design practices to shape a circular and desirable Montreal.