INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM & PLATFORM Participatory design & program strategies [Placemaking] to improve public spaces and communities

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1 MAKING CITIES TOGETHER #Nairobi, Kenya INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM & PLATFORM Participatory design & program strategies [Placemaking] to improve public spaces and communities INVENTORY Nov 14 RESEARCH LAB INTERVENTION PLATFORM Apr 15 May Aug 15 Why Making Cities Together? What are potential initiatives to develop new strategies for? What placemaking strategies improve public spaces? How can we showcase the benefits of placemaking? How can we build a longterm urban spaces network? 17 local Placemaking initiatives Participatory urban planning is acknowledged as a priority (local/int.) Mapping public life/space Selection 3 initiatives Placemaking strategies collected in replicable model (local/city scale) Working plan for an intervention in 3 public spaces / initiatives Program / Design created in public space (1 of the Initiatives) Maintencance plan International network & local platform Dissemination at conferences and via (social) media IDENTIFICATION PUBLIC KICK-OFF EVENT LOCATION RESEARCH PREPCOM / GC25 RESEARCH LAB SHOWCASE WORKSHOP ONLINE PLATFORM PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS PUBLIC OPENING LOCAL PLATFORM CONFERENCE N-AERUS PROF NETWORK EVENT BIENNALE ROME TRANSFER WORKSHOP

2 Think and do tank for young cities Placemaking & Design Studio Making space together CO-SUPPORTED BY: INTERNATIONAL URBAN EXPERTS Rodeo Architects (Norway) METASITU (Austria) Urban Codes (The Netherlands) Paul Currion (Serbia) Land + Civilization Compositions (the Netherlands) Bantu Studio (South Africa) KENYAN URBAN EXPERTS KUWA Avanti Architecture CAVE Boogertman&Partners Citilinks Ma3Route THANKS TO Nairobi City County Government UN-Habitat University of Nairobi Technical University of Kenya The Centre for Urban Research and innovation Projects for Public Spaces Naipolitans KUWA Urbanicity Mark Ojal Kounkuey Design Initiative All Placemaking initiatives

3 PLACEMAKING IN NAIROBI Street Soccer Huruma Huruma Town Youth Group Green Belt Movement Friends of City Park Shangilia mtoto wa Africa (skate park) Kilimani Project Change Mtaani 1 Kayole Njiru Youth Group Hope Raisers Mathare Community Resource Centre Jeevanjee Gardens NaiNiWho (Go Down Arts Centre) 2 3 What is Placemaking? The practice of Placemaking aims to improve the quality of a public place and the lives of its community in tandem. Put into practice, Placemaking seeks to build or improve public space, spark public discourse, create beauty and delight, engender civic pride, connect neighbourhoods, support community health and safety, grow social justice, catalyse economic development, promote environmental sustainability and of course nurture an authentic sense of place. TRANSFER ACTION research and education LOCATION RESEARCH CO-CREATION Placemakers method Imagining co-creation process involving people and organisations through research, design and programming public spaces to create ownership and responsibility for their own environment using the existing qualities as local knowledge, assets and ideas. After capacity building programs we transfer responsibility of stewardship to local team to create a sustainably used place. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Urban Studies and planning, 2013 Places in the Making: how Placemaking builds places and communities p.2,3

4 PLACEMAKING DESIGN LAB Study 3 Public Spaces Together Out of 17 Placemaking initiatives 3 public spaces were selected to study at the Placemaking Design Lab. Together with international and local urban professionals and grass roots organisations new Placemaking strategies collected in a replicable model were developed to improve public spaces on local and city scale. The Lab was held from the 4th-8th of MAY at the UN Compound and at the August 7th Memorial Park in Nairobi Jeevanjee Gardens Park in City Centre Korogocho Street in informal settlement Dandora Court yards in Neighourhood Friends of Jeevanjee Nairobi City County, UN-Habitat & PPS IT STARTS WITH A SINGLE DROP Hoperaisers Community sports, arts and music initiative Mustard Seeds Community based organisation

5 PLACEMAKING DESIGN LAB Urban Planners becoming Placemakers By bringing all actors and stakeholders together in a workshop to share experiences, challenges and solutions, it is possible to create more impact in making successful and inclusive public spaces. The urban professionals were very engaged and thoughtful and became real Place-makers! FIELD VISITS STUDENTS RESEARCH DIALOGUE WORKSHOPS PLACEMAKERS! POWER! POWER BREAKS BUSINESS EVENT PRESENTATION

6 BUSINESS EVENT Cross-sector partnerships in urban development The Business Event s theme Towards cross-sector partnerships for sustainable urban development, focused on Making Cities Together with the emphasis on MAKING: From Strategy, to Design, to Realization. The event was cohosted by the Embassy of the Netherlands and DASUDA. The session was opened by the Embassy of the Netherlands and UN-Habitat. Businesses working in Kenya pitched and shared their practices and experiences on how to realize great public places, goods and services. This event fostered conversations among investors, developers and the general business community that are crucial for successful city-making. Pitches were held by Architectural Association of Kenya, SNV, Philips, Planning Systems and DASUDA. The feedback and discussions enriched the final presentations of the public spaces strategies. PITCHES DUTCH EMBASSY MARKET STUDY KE DISCUSSION BUSINESS EVENT NETWORKING

7 JEEVANJEE - RESPONSIVE CITY Public Space: park in the city centre How can we program a city park in rehabilitation to create a more inclusive public space? How can testing grounds gain trust and enhancing griots (community storytelling)? Griots Oral culture Tactical urbanism: Undesign, testing of strategy,participatory processes Testing: open up to griots by WIFI, remove fences and temporary pedestrianization Permanent pedestrianization to create an economic impuls for surrounding shops Linkages: University, other city griots on streets and public spaces

8 KOROGOCHO S HOPERAISERS Public Space: street in an informal settlement How can the Hoperaisers initiative in sports, arts and music upscale their active streetscapes into a replicable model for safer and inclusive informal settlements? Landlords, UN-Habitat, Slum upgrading project Households, Individuals, Cartels Hoperaisers, Koch FM, Miss Koch, Chamas, Elders Nairobi City County, Police Station, Chief Center Mobilizing community Engaging individuals in community Partnering local government Coordinating with exterior actors Phase 1 Expanding street participation Phase 2 street reclamation Phase 3 Entering the alleyways mathare river mathare river mathare river community lane community lane community lane nairobi river nairobi river nairobi river PHASE I EXPANDING STREET PARTICIPATION PHASE II STREET RECLAMATION 1 PHASE III ENTERING THE ALLEYWAYS COMMUNITY HOUSES COMMUNITY HOUSES COMMUNITY HOUSES TEMPORARY SEMI - PERMANENT PERMANENT COMMUNITY LANE 1 COMMUNITY LANE 2 3 4

9 MUSTARD SEEDS IN DANDORA Public Space: court yards in a neighbourhood How can MSO upscale the youth groups competition to improve their court yards? What are possibilities for linkages among these court yards that could -collectively- transform the reputations of some less popular neighbourhoods? Private sector Government NGO s Upscaling & linking Neighbourhood network of court yards & streets, the leaveway as activator and connector of businesses, factories and the dumpsite and finally the railway station. From semi-public court yards to streets with gateways