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urbaninform at the WORLD URBAN FORUM 5, Rio de Janeiro

February 24, 2010

Our network event "Upgrading Informal Settlements through Socio-ecologic Infrastructure Provision" will take place on Thursday, 25 March 2010, 16:30 - 18:30, in meeting room W2-15, in the course of UN Habitat's World Urban Forum 5.

 

In this event, we will discuss the different challenges and opportunities for infrastructure provision in informal settlements.  Today it is recognized that functioning infrastructure is the major contribution in the process of upgrading: basic infrastructure (access, energy, water, sanitation, drainage, waste, food), social, cultural and recreational infrastructure (community centers, schools, medical centers, sport facilities, public open space, playgrounds, sport fields), economic infrastructure (markets, plazas, commercial streets, light industry). In order to ensure their long-term maintenance, the way they are planned, installed and organized with the community is of major importance. Our network event will discuss different strategies, comparing government organized and community based projects on different scales.


Seven projects will be presented and discussed by project teams and respondents:


- Konkuey Design Initiative: Productive Public Space in Kibera, Nairobi
- Bureau E.A.S.T:  Rescuscitating the Fez River, Fez
- Prof. Undine Gieseke: Urban Agriculture as an Integrative Factor of Climate-Optimised Urban Development, Casablanca
- Flavio Janches, Max Rohm: Playspaces in Vila Tranquila, Buenos Aires
- MMBB: The Antonico River in Paraisopolis, São Paulo
- Urban Think Tank: Grotão in Paraisopolis, São Paulo
- Alejandro Echeverri: The Library Parks of Medellin

 

http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=584

 

 

urbaninform's SQUAT EXHIBIT TRAVELLING!

January 13, 2010

After the 4th IABR, the urbaninform exhibit "Squat. The Informal City under Construction" is travelling further:

March 12 - DEPOT, Istanbul, www.depoistanbul.net

April 6 - Museo da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, www.mcb.org.br

We will keep you updated! More detailed information on these group shows soon! Urbaninform Members, thank you for your commitment!

Platform: urbaninform and the squat exhibition
 

SQUATCITY-URBANINFORM COMPETITION, WINNERS have been announced!

September 27, 2009

In the course of the Symposium "The Future of the Informal" at the 4th International Rotterdam Architecture Biennale (NAI Rotterdam) the winners of the Squatcity-Urbaninform Competition have been announced today, 25th of September.

The winning projects and honorable mentions were selected by the Squatcity-Urbaninform Jury out of 60 entries in the categories: DESIGN (Space, Technology and Material), SOCIO-ECONOMICS (Participation and Empowerment) and POLITICS (Good Urban Governance). The Jury was composed of members of the IABR curatorial team: Tim Rieniets (IABR), Fabienne Hoelzl (IABR), Can Altay (IABR-Refuge), Michelle Provoost (IABR-Makable Society), Georgeen Theodore (IABR-Community), Stephen Cairns (IABR-Reciprocity), Bart Goldhoorn (IABR-Collective) and Rainer Hehl (IABR-Squat). 


1. 
FIRST PRIZE!
Manavsadhna Creche - Waste recycling, Yatin Pandya

2.
SECOND PRIZE!
Productive Public Space in Kibera Nairobi, Kounkuey Design Initiative 

3.
THIRD PRIZE!
The Cook, the Farmer his Wife and their Neighbor, Marjetica Potrc and Wilde Westen group


HONORABLE MENTION! (Runner-up on third prize)
Rikea, Antonio Scarponi and Marco Lampugnani

HONORABLE MENTION!  (Subcurators' selection outside of the competition)
MYC4 - Eradicating poverty through business,  Mille Kristine Klink and MYC4


The entry 'Manavasadhna Creche-Waste Recycling' from Yatin Pandya won first prize, with overwhelming acceptance.
The project inspired the jury not only as a best-practice project that shows how to upgrade living conditions in an informal settlement by the integration of an community centre, but also by showing how to build a centre entirely out of recycled material as a participatory process!

The second prize was awarded to the Kounguey Design Initiative with their project 'Productive Public Space in Kibera Nairobi', and the third prize went to the Wilde Western group with their project 'The cook the farmer, their wife and their neighbor', Amsterdam. Both projects convinced the jury as strong design and community building initiatives to revitalize neighborhoods.

Because of its exemplary character, the curatorial team has decided to award a Honorable Mention to 'Rikea' by Antonio Scarponi and Marco Lampugnani and also to "MYC4 - eradicating poverty through business, Mille Kristine Klink/MYC4", although the project was not part of the competition.

 

Playlist: SQUAT competition winners
 
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