LOPELAB founder and director Lorenzo Petrillo has always had a passion for re-thinking public spaces. He started his career in Italy designing for esterni, an agency that develops cultural projects for public spaces including the Public Design Festival. Since his move to Singapore in 2010, Lorenzo has worked tirelessly to rekindle the Singaporean kampong spirit amidst the distractions of the digital age. He and his LOPELAB team have organised eight Urban Ventures events to date and will be hosting the Urban Design Festival coming up this March. We had a chat with him to find out more about his dedication to making cities around the world more human-centric.