The Case of Bar Elias, Lebanon
Participatory Spatial Intervention by Catalytic Action
Winners of the Real Play City Challenge 2020
Our Guest :
Riccardo Luca Conti is the Co-founder and Executive Director at CatalyticAction. He is an architect and urban designer. He has led numerous initiatives, overseeing the design and construction of built interventions with vulnerable communities. He holds an MSc from University College London in Building and Urban Design in Development, and a BSc in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano.
Project Description:
This project in Bar Elias was aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and improving the wellbeing of the community. It sought to do this through spatial interventions that would be co-produced with the active participation of the local community (refugees and hosts). https://www.catalyticaction.org/bar-elias-psi/
PLACES WHERE PLAY HEALS PEOPLE
PLACES WHERE PLAY SUPPORTS CLIMATE ACTION
PLACES WHERE PLAY UNITES US ALL
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The Real Play City Challenge awards inspiring cities and urban practitioners that have successfully used placemaking to create environments that give people time, space and opportunities to play. The Real Play City Challenge is an international competition led by the Real PlayCoalition (Arup, Ingka Group [IKEA], The LEGO Foundation, National Geographic, and UNICEF) and PlacemakingX (represented by STIPO and Huasipichanga).
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