Category: Coffee
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Coffee#27 Learning Through Interactive Play Urban Play | By: Amira Badran
Learning through play is an effective way for children of all ages to make sense of the world around them. This engaging and stimulating approach can develop children’s social and cognitive skills and can help them mature emotionally and gain self-confidence. Inspired by this notion, LifetoSpaces has collaborated with the Ismailia Governorate to develop the…
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Coffee#26 Collective Memory, Urban Democratization Process & Synergetic Placemaking | By: ElObaid ElFadil
SUMMARY: Khartoum’s sit-in, which ignited its sparks during the Sudanese uprising of 2019, represents a one-of-a-kind state of urban democracy in terms of formulating a synergetic place-making process within local built-environment. Therefore, this talk will discuss mainly the role of collective memory created and took place there , the one that is responsible for comprehending…
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Coffee#25 لمحة تاريخية عن واقع الفضاءات العامة في السعودية | By: Abdul Aziz Al-Zahrany
محاور اللقاء: خطاب التصميم الحضري الموجه للفراغات العامة لماذا نهتم بالفراغات العامة؟ لماذا لازال التصميم العمراني محل نقاش وتناول الفراغات العامة من حيث التصنيف الانتقادات الموجهة للفراغات العامة قياس جودة الفراغات العامة: نظرة سريعة حول اهم الأدوات المستخدمة الرياض والفراغات العامة: من التقليدية للحداثة دور المولات وتأثيرها على الفراغات العامة الفراغات العامة السعودية: قراءة تطور…
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Coffee#24 Local Placemaking Between Promise & Performance | By: Tayseer Khairy
Based on observation, the notion of a livable vibrant public space does not really exist in Cairo in many social housing projects, However, many leftover spaces are highly potential inside many areas in the city on different scales.Avibrant public place is an inviting space that has open access for all. WE, Co-Design Studio, founded by Tayseer…
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Coffee#23 Short Recipe for Happy Cities | By: Hossam El-Okda
How can middle eastern cities be happier, healthier, and more inclusive? What strategies can we do to tackle the unique challenges we face in a way that works for our culture and constraints? How can we learn from the west, but create solutions that are inherently middle eastern? What can the science of wellbeing and…
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Coffee#22 Jeddah Colorwalk | By: Adel El-Zahrany
Jeddah Colorwalk is a placemaking initiative in Saudi Arabia – aims to lead a public engagement campaign in placemaking project in KSA and promote community, involving stakeholders and inviting citizens to take part of improving quality of public realm. Saturday, 6th November 20216:00pm – 7:30pm Cairo Time, via ZOOM, in ArabicMeeting ID: 854 2804 5764…
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Coffee#21 Community’s Shared Economy | By: Leila Ben Gacem
المدينة العتيقة في تونس مليئة بالقصص المغامرات و تراكم فنون من حضارات مختلفه عبر العصور. في لقاء “أماكن” يوم السبت، ستروي لنا ليلى عن بعض المبادرات بقيادة مجتمع مدني لتحسين الترويج الترابي للمدينة العتيقة التي تهدف لتحسين اندماج الشباب و تثمين الكنوز الموروثة Saturday, 23rd October 2021 11:00am – 12:30pm Cairo Time, via ZOOM, in…
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Coffee#20 Placemaking in the context of climate change & community vulnerability | By: James Stickley
Our cities are faced with the imperative of radical structural change to respond to the challenges of climate change – rethinking transportation networks, infrastructure and flood protection, energy generation and water supply as well as the very nature of the buildings we live and work in. Through placemaking, how do we ensure that the resulting…
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Coffee#19 The City As A Collective Space | By: Francisco Sanin
Topic: AMAKEN Coffee Talk #1927th February 2021 @ 06:00 PM Cairo Time Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/6792124326?pwd=ZFREWUtBYXVPc2VpWXZyaitTaVFtdz09 Meeting ID: 679 212 4326Passcode: AMAKEN2021
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Coffee#18 Building an Inclusive City | By: Mostafa Attia
Building an Inclusive City: Creating Accessible Public Spaces Through Inclusive Design February 6th, 2021 6:00pm – 8:00pm Cairo Time Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6792124326?pwd=ZFREWUtBYXVPc2VpWXZyaitTaVFtdz09Meeting ID: 679 212 4326 Passcode: AMAKEN2021
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Coffee#17 Living Pedestrian Bridge Over The Nile | By: Ali, Hoda, Mostafa, Ebtisam & Sherif
Jan 23, 2021 06:00 PM Cairo Time (+2GMT) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6792124326?pwd=ZFREWUtBYXVPc2VpWXZyaitTaVFtdz09&fbclid=IwAR3mCcTUcI0s-_heQkTii3BagtvOrbqMf2JB42J6kH5ixhKF6zf5eOt7Ib0#success Meeting ID: 679 212 4326 Passcode: AMAKEN2021
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Coffee#16 Digitizing Placemaking? | By: Anas Lila
28 November 2020, 11:00am-12:30pm Cairo Local Time. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83186681556?pwd=VnZzMnNmbVZOZiswZis1UzRUb2VTQT09 Meeting ID: 831 8668 1556Passcode: AMAKEN2020 In Coffee#16, Anas will discuss the potentialities of utilizing state of the art computational tools and techniques to find locality in neighborhood design. the use of digital tools usually is not pleasurable within the realm of social aspects in urban design and…
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Coffee#14 Placemaking In Spiritual Sites For Successful
Religious Tourism | By: Majd Alnafie
Saturday 17th of October 11:00am – 12:30pm Cairo time Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84240548242?pwd=dEpBd1YrWTUwK0J2WHhad04vakxGdz09 Meeting ID: 842 4054 8242Passcode: AMAKEN2020
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Coffee#12 Development Public Routes as an Approach for the Revitalization of Gaza Old City | By: Muneer El-Baz
Saturday, 19th September 2020 11:00am – 12:30pm Cairo Time Via ZOOM in Arabic Meeting ID: 850 9358 5654 Passcode: AMAKEN_20 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85093585654?pwd=YzR0M0lKVjBFUGVVVVVIMVFnc0M0QT09 Gaza old city faces the tremendous environmental, cultural and social challenges resulting from the rapid urbanization and ongoing societal transformation currently taking place in it like several cities in Middle East…
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Coffee#11 VOICES of the VOICELESS | By: Ibrahim Bahreldin
VOICES of the VOICELESSA Participatory youth-driven foresight for Greater Khartoum Saturday, 5th of September 2020 11:00am – 12:30pm Cairo Time Via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88458025604?pwd=bCtoNkRFdW1GdlVGQy82cWZjZ1d1QT09 Password: AMAKEN2020
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Coffee#10 Where the Void Deeply Matters | By: Islam El-Mashtooly
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/6792124326?pwd=NXF4UFBWVE5nY0xLamMrcWt0UGhjZz09 Meeting ID: 679 212 4326Passcode: AMAKEN2020
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Coffee#9 Heritage as a Driver for Development | By: May Al-Ibrashy
Saturday 8th of August 11:00-12:30 Cairo Time ZOOM: https://hudac.zoom.us/j/5439711634 (Password: 612531) Athar Lina is a participatory initiative to establish modalities of citizen participation in heritage conservation based on a vision of heritage as a resource not a burden. Based in al-Khalifa in Historic Cairo and run by Megawra-Built Environment Collective, Athar Lina works on conservation,…
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Coffee#8 Thermal Comfort in Public Spaces | By: Omar Galal.
Saturday 25th of July 11:00-12:30 Cairo Local Time Zoom Link: https://hudac.zoom.us/j/64369462789 Password: 842321 In Upper Egypt, many new cities were planned without thoroughly considering the environmental impacts. This has led to climatically insensitive urban settlements. On the other hand, in the Greater Cairo Region, older urban communities were originally planned with similar characteristics.…
