PLAYGROUND TO COPE AND THRIVE
Kurdistan, Iraq
2022
PLAYGROUND TO COPE AND THRIVE Kurdistan region, Iraq 2022 220 m² 250 Partners: Habibi International We partnered with Habibi International to co-design a playground in the Bersive refugee camp in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. This project sought to capacitate the local community through the co-designing and building of a playground following a series of […]
BEIRUT’S PUBLIC STAIRS ACTIVATION
Beirut, Lebanon
2022
BEIRUT’S PUBLIC STAIRS ACTIVATION Beirut, Lebanon 2022 19 309 Funding: WataniliCollaborators: One Hand puppet; BuLaban circus; artist Rami Chahine Beirut’s public stairs project aimed to rehabilitate and enhance the social activities on the stairs of St Nicholas, Vendome and Laziza in the neighbourhoods of Mar Mikhael and Gemmayzeh, Beirut. To activate our recently completed public […]
BEIRUT’S PUBLIC STAIRS BLOCK BY BLOCK
Beirut, Lebanon
2022
BEIRUT’S PUBLIC STAIRS BLOCK BY BLOCK Beirut, Lebanon 2022 8 46 Partners: UN-Habitat LebanonFunding: UN-Habitat; Block by Block Beirut’s public stairs project aimed to rehabilitate and enhance the social activities on the stairs of St Nicholas, Vendome and Laziza in the neighbourhoods of Mar Mikhael and Gemmayzeh, Beirut. Previous Next We ran a series of […]
MAUJ PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION
El Mina, Lebanon
2022
ACTIVATING MAUJ PUBLIC SPACE El Mina, Lebanon 2022 28 144 Collaborators: Circus hub; Urban Sketchers Lebanon; Lebanese Red Cross Youth sector Tripoli; Senshi club; El-Mina municipality; Citizen Scientists Alaa El Merehby, Bassem Zawdeh, Ghassan El Bakri, Heba El Haji, Houda Kabbara, Mahmoud Sleiman and Taha Mersalli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0JVQnQC_s&t=6s MAUJ is a public space intervention project in […]
PLAYGROUND TO COPE AND THRIVE – PARTICIPATORY DESIGN
Kurdistan, Iraq
2022
PLAYGROUND TO COPE AND THRIVE – PARTICIPATORY DESIGN Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq 2022 15 140 Partners: Habibi International Funding: Habibi International Text Previous Next Text “This playground is so beautiful and unique in the camp! I love playing here with my friends.” Child Participant, Male, 9 Years Old
BEIRUT’S PUBLIC STAIRS
Beirut, Lebanon
2022
BEIRUT’S PUBLIC STAIRS Beirut, Lebanon 2022 1520 m² 1600 Partners: UN-Habitat LebanonCollaborators: UNIDOFunding: UN-Habitat; Block by Block This project aimed to rehabilitate and enhance the social activities on the stairs of St Nicholas, Vendome and Laziza in the neighbourhoods of Mar Mikhael and Gemmayzeh, Beirut. This was achieved by fixing damages, adding furniture, increasing play […]
CHILD FRIENDLY COMMUNITY CENTRE
Beirut, Lebanon
2022
CHILD FRIENDLY COMMUNITY CENTRE Beirut, Lebanon 2022 370 m² 120 Partners: Terre des Hommes Italy in LebanonFunding: Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppohttps://catalyticaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CA-AICS-opening.mp4 Throughout our work in the neighbourhood of Karantina, Beirut on co-designed public spaces – as a response to the Beirut port explosion – the community highlighted the need for an indoor […]
CHILD FRIENDLY COMMUNITY CENTRE PARTICIPATORY DESIGN
Beirut, Lebanon
2022
CHILD FRIENDLY COMMUNITY CENTRE PARTICIPATORY DESIGN Beirut, Lebanon 2022 6 57 Location: Beirut, LebanonPartners: Terre des Hommes Italy in LebanonFunding: Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo The design of the child friendly community centre in Karantina was underpinned by a participatory approach ensuring input from children, caregivers, our partners and the local authorities around […]
PUBLIC SPACE FOR DIALOGUE
Majdal Anjar, Lebanon
2022
PUBLIC SPACE FOR DIALOGUE Majdel Anjar, Lebanon 2021 – 2022 2420 m² 400 Partners: International AlertCollaborators: Majdal Anjar municipality; Youth Dialogue GroupFunding: Peace and Human Rights Division at the Swiss Embassy in BeirutWe tailored a placemaking methodology as part of International Alert’s program ‘Creating Space for Peace’ in the town of Majdel Anjar in the […]
KAMED EL LAOUZ SCHOOL COURTYARD REHABILITATION
Kamed el Laouz, Lebanon
2022
KAMED EL LAOUZSCHOOL COURTYARD REHABILITATION Kamed El Laouz, Lebanon 2022 1200 m² 650 Partners: Society for Social Support and EducationFunding: Arche Nova We worked in partnership with the Society for Social Support and Education (SSSE) on the rehabilitation of two of their schools’ courtyards in Kamed El Laouz and Ghazze in Bekaa, Lebanon. School courtyards […]
