INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS
Abbasiyeh, Rachaya, and Mohammara, Lebanon
2023
INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS Abbasiyeh, Rachaya, and Mohammara, Lebanon 2023 2103 m² 410 Partners: Humanity & Inclusion Funding: UNICEF Lebanon Collaborators: Abbasiyeh, Rachaya, and Mohammara municipalities We partnered with Humanity & Inclusion to create inclusive play spaces for all children by rehabilitating three public parks in three governorates in Lebanon: Abbasiyeh in South Lebanon, Rachaya in Bekaa and […]
MINA PUBLIC PARK
Tripoli, Lebanon
2023
MINA PUBLIC PARK El Mina (Tripoli), Lebanon 2023 9550 m² 120 Partners: GIZ, Injaz Lebanon Funding: German Cooperation Collaborators: El Mina Municipality This project aimed to enhance the social activities in El Mina public park by incorporating design elements that address the needs of the various community groups. This project is part of the wider MACAN project […]
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 […]
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 […]
BASMA PLAYGROUND
Ghazze, Lebanon
2017 & 2022
BASMA PLAYGROUND Ghazze, Lebanon 2017 & 2022 1460 m² 750 Partners: Society for Social Support and EducationFunding: Society for Social Support and Education; CatalyticAction; Arche NovaCollaborators: ClimbAid; The Flying Seagull project; The Chain Effect; Volunteers: Sofia Coutsoucos, Inga Hajdarowicz, Martina Bovo, Lynda Zein, Sara Nowar, Francesca De Ponte, Ginevra Rapisardi, Sofia Badessi, Giuditta Annibaldis, Bahaa […]
MAUJ PUBLIC SPACE
El Mina, Lebanon
2022
MAUJ PUBLIC SPACE El Mina, Lebanon 2021 -2022 290 m² 1500 Collaborators: RELIEF Centre; El-Mina municipality; Citizen Scientists Alaa El Merehby, Bassem Zawdeh, Ghassan El Bakri, Heba El Haji, Houda Kabbara, Mahmoud Sleiman and Taha MersalliFunding: Otto per Mille of the Waldensian Church of Italy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0JVQnQC_s&t=4s The corniche of El Mina is one of the […]
KARANTINA STREETSCAPE
Beirut, Lebanon
2021
KARANTINA STREETSCAPE Beirut, Lebanon 2021 2628 m² 400 Partners: UN-Habitat LebanonFunding: Fondation de France; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQT1PWCTCpk The project sought to upgrade the streets in the neighbourhood of Karantina, both around the Beirut Governmental Hospital, the National HIV and TB Centre and the Karantina Public Park. An area that bustles with cars, […]
KARM EL AREES SAFE PUBLIC PARK
Basta, Lebanon
2021
Karm El Arees Safe Public Park Beirut, Lebanon 2021 1285 m² 600 Partners: Himaya NGOFunding: UNICEF Lebanon In response to the Beirut Port Blast on the 4th of August 2020, we partnered with Himaya to rehabilitate two neglected public parks in Beirut – Karm Al Arees Park and Kaskas Park. The rehabilitations focussed on transforming […]
KARANTINA PARK REHABILITATION
Beirut, Lebanon
2020 – 2021
KARANTINA PARK REHABILITATION Beirut, Lebanon 2020 – 2021 2980 m² 450 Partners: Terre des Hommes Italy in Lebanon; NusanedFunding: UNICEF Lebanon; Impact LebanonCollaborators: AUB Neighbourhood initiative; Municipality of Beiruthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eenitn_zC5Y&t=404s The rehabilitation of Karantina Public Park is a project implemented in response to the devastating Beirut Port Blast. Karantina was one of the neighbourhoods most impacted […]
