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RETHINKING PUBLIC SPACES IN KIGALI
Another article from Josephine Malonza on some ideas architecture students are developing for their final year thesis and on the work of the City of Kigali and the School of Architecture (from which CreSP was formed) are carrying out in the city (see below draft concept)
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2015-10-01/193077/.

What does it mean to understand the city and its inhabitants?
Knowledge comes in many forms and through different means. By observing reality we can grasp phenomenon; studying histories, social, political, economic and environmental histories, we can make sense of reality and explain why things are the way they are.
Listening to others, to their stories and perceptions remind us that what we see, the reality we live in every day, is both an ensemble of undeniable facts but also the result of preconceptions, expectations and projections of our values and beliefs.
A city for the people is a city capable of embracing the differences, the incredible richness of diversity of thoughts and way of living. None of us, as individuals, hold the truth.
As designers we need to open our mind, expand the horizons of our beliefs, and help the others to have the courage to abandon the safety of their convictions and enjoy the excitement of moving into unchartered waters. In this way we will be able to build our cities not only reflecting what we are as individuals, but also what we are as a society, and project in it what we want (would like to be ) to be in the future as better human beings.

RETHINKING PUBLIC SPACES IN KIGALI

Which urban furniture (particularly seating) for Kigali city centre?

Soon we will share some sketches and ideas...