Breaking Ground

Authors

Matias
Echanove
Iman
Salama

A 5 day long workshop in Geneva which produced strategies for gradual urban densification.

Breaking Ground

Authors

Matias
Echanove
Iman
Salama
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Dates : August 2015 - February 2016

The project included a 5-day workshop during which over 100 participants from academic and professional backgrounds in several countries imagined densification scenarios for a villa zone in Grand-Saconnex. urbz then produced a 300-page report for professionals using the material produced. This report presents the workshop, its challenges and a number of strategies for incremental and participative densification.