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| Name | Catalytic Action on Letting Kids Design Their Playgrounds |
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| Video Discription | "To us, participation doesn't simply mean giving people the opportunity to choose what they want among some options that are given. It means empowering people through the design processes that allow them to be active agents of their own development." Joana Dabaj and Riccardo Conti speak on the impact of the Syrian conflict and how the influx of people alters both the built environment and everyday life. Their work emphasizes the use of design to empower refugees to be active agents in creating their space, specifically with children. By allowing them to participate in the design of playgrounds, they are ultimately creating safe spaces for these children. Spaces they will want to use while providing them the ownership that is crucial to their social development. It inspired the start of Catalytic Action, a not-for-profit that does just that, building civic participation amongst refugees and other immigrant populations in the built environment. Joana Dabaj is the co-founder and principal coordinator at CatalyticAction, a not-for-profit design studio based in London. She holds a BSc degree in Architecture from the American University of Beirut and an MSc in Building and Urban Design in Development from the University College of London. She has developed her experience around architecture, sustainable development, cultural heritage, migration, and human rights across several contexts in Lebanon, the United Kingdom, Syria, Iraq, Greece, Cambodia, Brazil, Colombia, and Thailand. Riccardo Conti is an architect and urban designer, director, and co-founder of the not-for-profit design studio CatalyticAction. He has experience in research, design, and planning in different countries such as Kenya, Cambodia, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the UK. He holds an MSc from University College London (UCL) in Building and Urban Design in Development. In 2012 he co-founded the project “Mathare River” (www.mathareriver. wordpress.com) in Nairobi where he also worked as a researcher and field project manager for an international NGO. His design approach has always investigated various people-centered design approaches. Joana Dabaj and Riccardo Conti spoke at reSITE 2016 | Cities in Migration --- reSITE is an international platform connecting people and ideas to improve the urban environment. We work at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, politics, culture, and economics. We feature thought leaders whose work pushes the boundaries on how we build, design, regenerate and create life in cities, and frame them through many lenses, convening them in one place. We act as a catalyst for social action and innovative leadership. We encourage an exchange of ideas about making cities more livable, competitive, and resilient. We protect and promote public space, architecture, and sustainable development in cities. All to make our cities more livable, competitive, resilient, inclusive, mobile, and designed with humans in mind. Listen to our podcast Design and the City on the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. ▫️www.reSITE.org/podcast Learn More + Connect with Us! www.reSITE.org ▫️https://www.facebook.com/reSITEfestival/ ▫️https://www.instagram.com/resite_/ ▫️https://twitter.com/reSITE_ ▫️https://www.linkedin.com/company/resite-festival/ |
| Category | Nonprofits & Activism |
| Tags | urbanism | architecture | Catalytic Action | Joana Dabaj | Riccardo Conti | design approaches | global migration | built environment | community participation | future cities | refugee camp | community building | public participation | civic participation | public space | community development | climate refugees | urban enviornment | housing solutions | children led designs | playgrounds designed by children | refugee urban integration | refugee community development | refugee support | design |
