Together with Placemakers and the IFHP, the International New Town Institute is co-organizing a placemaking design workshop in Nairobi, called "the Making Cities Together LAB". The design lab will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from May 4-8, 2015.
We’re looking for enthusiastic professionals who want to join us in contributing to better public spaces in Nairobi.
There is only a couple of days left to respond to the Open Call before the application deadline on March 31!
Nairobi has a lot of public space that suffers from degradation, overcrowding, and insecurity, thereby denying city residents access to much-needed community, recreation and leisure facilities. Last year, Placemakers and the Technical University of Kenya conducted a citywide inventory of socio-spatial participatory planning initiatives in Nairobi. The outcome indicated that Nairobi’s citizens are leaders in participatory urban development and using placemaking approaches to solve this public space crisis, which results in truly inspiring projects for the public places. However, these efforts face multiple challenges and often lack access to (local) expertise.
How can we improve these spaces? And how can we empower communities and organizations to improve the quality of their environments? For the project ‘Making Cities Together’ we invite you to co-create inclusive spaces in Nairobi. The ultimate goal of the research lab is to create a framework for practical placemaking strategies at the city scale. One of the sites will be realized according to the results of the LAB.
At least six international experts will be selected in order to form three teams, each consisting of a representative from a local placemaking initiative, two international experts and two local experts based in Nairobi. Each team will research one of three selected dynamic and upcoming placemaking locations in Nairobi – ‘the streets of Korogocho - an informal settlement’, ‘The Sunken Car Park in Nairobi’s city centre’ or ‘ The courtyards of Dandora – a residential neighbourhood’.
There are travel grants available for participants who require assistance.
Interested? Check out the Open Call for more information and sign up today!
http://www.ifhp.org/news/making-cities-together-lab-call-application
