Al fustat Cairo – Design & construct workshops Islamic Cairo
Project information
Year: 2012
Status: Construction Completed
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Surface: 360 m2
Client: Megawra urban design
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Maryam Al-Touni
Description
Students and children collaborating in place making workshops in order to create childfriendly public space.
Challenge
Together with the community indicating spaces
Process
Neighborhood participation created interesting discussions between children and neighborhood-members about children in public space.
Co-designing taught all 25 participants about re-using materials in order to build temporary places. Co-constructing together was empowering.
Result
Process of participation was extremely meaningful, the co-design was inspirational and gave new insights. The co-construction process was fun and empowering for all participants. The durability of these elements was too short, we distracted lessons learned.