Research centre based in London + Paris. We link urbanism and the performing arts to expand how the public lives of cities are understood and designed.
Theatrum Mundi is a centre for research and experimental learning that seeks to reimagine our cities and who has agency in making them. We do this by facilitating inter-disciplinary and inter-generational conversations that bring diverse practitioners together. Through co-creation and knowledge sharing, we develop methods for world-building and storytelling to imagine alternative narratives for our cities.
Our core mission is to expand the crafts of city-making through the arts – storytelling, performance and sound – and diversify who has a voice in these processes. We aim to empower individuals from the creative community to participate in urban development processes through creative methods, supporting them to make innovative and experimental work.