UN-Habitat launches call for Urban Youth Fund applications

If you are aged 15 – 32, you are invited to apply for the Urban Youth Fund

UN-Habitat is launching a call for applications for the Urban Youth Fund. This is the fifth year in a row grants are provided to projects led by young people aged 15-32 years who are piloting innovative approaches to employment, good urban governance, shelter and secure tenure. Small development initiatives are eligible for grants up to $25,000. These grants aim to promote youth empowerment as the solution for better urban governance. The application is open from February 15th 2013 to April 15th 2013.

Please disseminate the information to young people in your networks.

You are invited to share your opinion on this initiative. What innovative ideas do you have for utilizing $25,000 to improve shelter and promote secure tenure? 

What other ways would you suggest to promote youth empowerment in cities?

For further details, read about the Urban Youth Fund on Urban Gateway, and learn more about UN-Habitat’s other initiatives!

link: 

 urbangateway.org

participatory design: COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS

The community workshop with the population, was about getting to know what KORA peope realy wants in terms of the neighborhood development.

students divided participants in groups following their interest, and each group with students as guides made a list and map of what should be changed, added or removed according to population needs.

tur(i)ntogreen international design competition

This is an example of representation quality and level expected in masterplans that we are producing for KORA.
check out the link to see all the projects!!

(from Constanza)

http://www.turintogreen.org/competition-results/

GETTING STARTED WITH PARTICIPATORY DESIGN

This semester, the studio will focus the participatory neighborhood design of Kora cell in Nyarugenge district. with the guidance of students and lecturers, the population of Kora will participate in this project through workshops.

 

 

Kora cell coordinator received a booklet and a map produced by FAED-architecture students in 2012 participatory neighborhood design

 

Students helping the Kora community in "umuganda" and participate in a community workshop at the cell office headquarters

 

Kora cell neighborhood analysis. 

urbanus: cui zhu garden in shenzhen, china

 

situated above an urban roadway, 'cui zhu garden' is a plot of land that introduces urban farming to the city of shenzhen.  the site is positioned on one of the few hills in the municipality which were originally flatten in order to expand the community. Developed by chinese firm urbanus, the junction structure mimics the rolling landscape and establishes a human element to the mundane migrant travel  of the local residents. by coming into contact with soil and engaging an element of growth to the neighborhood, residents are able to connect and  establish points of interaction with one another. the scheme turned a common landscape design into a program with a deeper social consciousness.

source designboom , more pictures and information : http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/24617/urbanus-cui-zhu-garden-in-shenzhen-china.html.

Research of Sustainable Urban Development / c. Colomès + f. Nomdedeu architectes with Michael Rousseau architecte and Adrian Maston graphiste

This project focuses on the intersection of today’s cities with self-sustaining agricultural institutions that produce the necessary resources for an urban population.  The design of this proposal focuses on the mosaic of modern day living with a mixing of urban spaces with natural spaces, cultivated and uncultivated land and forests.  In this proposal, the teams of architects suggest reusing existing networks to create new urban spaces. The roads, lanes and paths support the city that develop on the whole territory while protecting the production of energy, food, flowers and plants along these new spaces.

source Archdaily http://www.archdaily.com/147386/research-of-sustainable-urban-development-c-colomes-f-nomdedeu-architectes-with-michael-rousseau-architecte-and-adrian-maston-graphiste/

Klaksvik City Center - LCLAOFFICE + Lateral Office

The city of Klaksvik has experienced remarkable growth, transforming from a city of five settlements of a mere 100 people to a modern town of 5000 inhabitants.  The population growth, fueled by the success of the fishing industry, has resulted in a certain level of development along the shorelines, but the urban center still has much potential for such interventions.

For their proposal, the landscape is considered an event space and series of urban rooms activated selected areas.  These rooms have been designed to have distinct programmatic and landscape characteristics, and their development could be phased over many years to respond to the city’s needs.

source dezeen : http://www.archdaily.com/262806/klaksvik-city-center-lclaoffice-lateral-office/