# Can we design cities for happiness?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@UPS
- Speaker: Thomas Madrecki
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_madrecki_can_we_design_cities_for_happiness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

City planners are already busy designing futures full of bike paths and LEED-certified buildings. But are they designing for our happiness? It's hard to define, and even harder to plan for, but urban planner Thomas Madrecki has a simple solution: Ask the public.

## Lectures

1. [Can we design cities for happiness?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/thomas_madrecki_can_we_design_cities_for_happiness/15c4b92aeb73), 11 min (TED's player)