Envisioning

Envisioning is the process of imagining alternative futures. In urban practice, this is often achieved through the development of scenarios. Urbanist Raul Baunschoten describes scenarios as “narrations of urban possibilities, alternative realities, alternative practices”. In the context of a participative and open-ended urban practice, envisioning different scenarios can be used to collectively explore the conditions of a place, and to open up conversations about future design and planning decisions and their potential consequences.