Spirit of the place, are you there?
Urban gardens are multiplying around the world, responding to the impulse of people that want more green and social spaces in their neighborhoods. urbz was invited to host a series of brainstorming sessions at the Jardin des Moraines in Geneva.
Onex-Centre
urbz collabore avec la Ville d’Onex dans le Canton de Genève pour mettre en place un processus participatif afin d'évaluer et contribuer à l'image directrice visant à améliorer la qualité de vie, à construire de nouveaux logements et à renforcer l’identité du centre.
Open, participatory, explosive city
Workshop at the Geneva Sculpturegarden Biennale around Yona Friedman's "Museum without building".
Urban Typhoon Kochi
Cities around the world are acknowledging that local expertise, knowledge and skills are an effective mechanism to generate ideas, plans and strategies that can be implemented by themselves or by civic authorities and planning agencies. Earlier this year, urbz was part of such an endeavour where we conducted Urban Typhoon workshops in Kochi, India. It was an enriching process working with local
Competition or co-creation?
How design competitions waste time, money and potential. (The Hindu 23.06.19)
The Space of the Public
A Swiss city re-imagines public space and experiments with direct democracy in the process (The Hindu 16.03.2019)
Point-du-Jour
Public consultation for a densification project in Geneva / Démarche de concertation pour un projet de densification au Petit-Saconnex, Genève.
The Making of the Koli Jamat Community Hall
urbz was involved in the design of a new community building in Dharavi.
Delta V: Le plan intermédiaire
Le 11 juin 2018, urbz présente ses travaux sur la forme du futur quartier Lachenal-Dégallier (dit Delta V) aux habitants de Versoix. Un résumé en texte et image.
Delta V
Project de quartier participatif à Versoix, Genève (09.2017 - 02.2019)
Participation planning project in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delta V in the News
Articles de journaux sur le projet Delta V
News articles on the Delta V project in Geneva
The limit of collective intelligence
Groupthink dominates social networks and participatory projects (The Hindu 18/4/18)
Delta V
3-day workshop in Geneva on October 13, 14, 15 to produce a participatory neighbourhood plan.
Mumbai-Bogota Mashup workshop
The two ostensibly different cities have so much in common when you look beneath the surface.
Circulatory Lives at Constellation.s
urbz was invited by Arc en Rêve to show our work on Circulatory Lives at the Constellation.s exhibition in Bordeaux.