This project proposes a comprehensive rethinking of contemporary urbanism through a citizen-centric, pedestrian-dominated framework that places people, social interaction, and lived experience at the core of city-making. Responding to the failures of car-oriented urban development, it envisions cities as dynamic socio-technical ecologies in which mobility, public space, architecture, and governance are coherently integrated. The project argues that urban quality and productivity emerge when cities are designed at walking pace, enabling everyday encounters, inclusivity, and accessibility while reducing environmental and social costs associated with private vehicle dependency.

At the urban scale, the research advances a generative planning approach that prioritises walkability, micro-mobility, and mixed-use density. Streets are reconceived not as traffic corridors but as active public spaces that support social exchange, economic activity, and civic life. Superblock-based urban organisation, informed by spatial analysis and agent-based simulations, restructures circulation networks to shorten walking distances and increase experiential richness. This results in a more connected, adaptable, and resilient urban fabric capable of responding to diverse and evolving citizen needs.