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Apr 4, 20232 min read
IFRC Park "Avant Project"
We present here the next milestone of the IFRC park project – another wave of effort by the team. As always, merged with the stream of...
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Documentation As Process
As one stage of the IFRC park project ends, it is the perfect time to reflect on a key component of the process – that of documentation...
Mar 15, 20232 min read
The Mosque and the Federation
A conversation with Tarik Benhattat, from the Islamic Cultural Foundation, Geneva. A large institution in a small-scale neighborhood can...
Mar 10, 20232 min read
The Premise.
In this short video, we shift focus a bit from the park to the IFRC building itself. Through the voices of its staff, including that of...
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Who's afraid of the forest?
Turns out almost no one. The forest of the IFRC park is seen as an oasis in an urban terrain - a rare concentration of greenery that can...
Mar 3, 20232 min read
A Chat with Nebih
In our series of longer conversations with specific experts - here is another, who can easily be referred to as a specialist of the...
Mar 2, 20232 min read
View from the Staff
It is not easy for a fully functioning organization to spare time to give inputs to an ongoing exercise that involves a spatial makeover...
Mar 1, 20232 min read
View from the Street
When a resident is asked what she would like to transform in her neighbourhood, she is not just being asked for her opinion or expressing...
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Behind the Scenes: Conversations with a Concerned Citizen
This short interview gives us a glimpse of the organization, concerns and hard work that goes behind the scenes in creating the vibrant...
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Shared vision and Value Propositions
This video presents some key findings and points on the ongoing participatory landscape project. It focuses on the shared vision and the...
Jan 4, 20231 min read
The Red Cross Promenade
In this video Matias Echanove from urbz explains the proposed promenade to connect the IFRC and the ICRC, two historic city institutions...
Dec 23, 20223 min read
Trust as key
Unlocking possibilities of the IFRC chalet as a community tool-house Summary of the IFRC Park workshop on community It is important that...
Dec 23, 20221 min read
Christmas in the Park.
Festive seasons make the idea of community more tangible. And this tangibility comes from the local scale of celebrating a festival....
Dec 14, 20228 min read
DOMAINE DES CRÊTS
BETWEEN A RURAL PAST AND “INTERNATIONALIZATION” FROM 1809 TO 2018 The Domaine des Crêts was created in 1809 and is located in...
Dec 13, 20222 min read
The On-going Discovery of a Locality.
The term ‘locality’ typically conveys a sense of intimacy, the familiar and the known. The 'local' comes with the confidence of knowing....
Dec 13, 20223 min read
Shared food, Rituals and Local traditions.
Article on the first brown bag discussion “IFRC HQ viewed from the field”, 23.11.2022 IFRC staff party, september 2022 The IFRC is a...
Dec 8, 20221 min read
The Story of a Little Neighbourhood.
In this little conversation with historian Lescaze, we see the immediate vicinity of the IFRC Building and park through the lens of the...
Nov 30, 20222 min read
Just a Pathway
In this conversation with Raymond Demierre we see a glimpse of how space is slowly shaped by its users, bit by bit. Raymond has been...
Nov 9, 20223 min read
The local, the exotic and the wild
Themes explored during the walk in the IFRC forest on Nov 8th 2022. A simple walk at IFRC’s doorstep is enough to shed light on one of...
Nov 1, 20223 min read
Secure and Open: Avoiding walls and building communities.
A conversation with Karl Julisson - member of the Global Security Unit of the International Federation of the Red Cross Security is a...
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