Dr. Petra Pferdmenges is the founder of the social agency Alive Architecture based in Brussels and a practice-based researcher at the KU Leuven.Through projects, design research, participation in conferences, publications and teaching she explores the role of the architect in the production of lived space in the public realm. The projects she develops are based on active citizen engagement to empower the local to welcome their guests in the gentri cation process of urban development.The most recent publications are the editing of the Parckdesign 2014: Parckfarm booklet as well as the writing on the Parckfarm project in the booklet ’Public Space Prize Vlaanderen’.