How Can One Public Space Transform an Entire Neighborhood? UN-Habitat's Model Street Initiative

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The Un-Habitat or the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, whose primary focus is to deal with the challenges of rapid urbanization, has been developing innovative approaches in the urban design field, centered on the active participation of the community. ArchDaily has teamed up with UN-Habitat to bring you weekly news, article, and interviews that highlight this work, with content straight from the source, developed by our editors.

Associated with crime, waste, and garbage, Dandora in Nairobi’s Eastlands is home to 140,000 or so residents. In an on-going collaboration, between local residents and youth groups, UN-Habitat, Making Cities Together Coalition, and the Dandora Transformation League, the Model Street project has been transforming the garbage-filled community spaces into waste-free, attractive, and engaging places. Focusing on improving the shared courtyard spaces of residential compounds, an annual competition led by the youth of the neighborhood, the Changing Faces Challenge, became an initiative mobilizing citizens across Nairobi.

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Cite: Christele Harrouk. "How Can One Public Space Transform an Entire Neighborhood? UN-Habitat's Model Street Initiative " 11 Nov 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/951250/how-can-one-public-space-transform-an-entire-neighborhood-un-habitats-model-street-initiative> ISSN 0719-8884

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