WELCOME TO THE
IFRC PARK

The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC) based in Petit-Saconnex, Geneva, welcomed its fellow members and the neighborhood to collectively brainstorm and help transform its grounds into a shared space.

Such a space would connect its chalet park, terrace and urban forest and anchor the institution more firmly into the city’s civic horizon. This would be complemented by the carving of a pathway that connects the IFRC to the ICRC campus thus literally paving a public tribute to the historical presence of the Red Cross movement in Petit-Saconnex and Geneva.

A six month participatory process has produced an 'avant project' that will shape the future of the grounds and its relationship with the public.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Principles of Neighbourhood Life

The challenge of fitting the local and global pieces together. Building relationships with the neighbourhood The IFRC Community PARK...

Auditing the Environment

The challenge of many contexts - A chat with Juan Galvez: Team Leader for the Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability and National...

IFRC and its relationship to the (local) ecosystem

Brown bag discussion 2 When reflecting on the coexistence between human and non-human species, it is the French philosopher Bruno Latour...

The IFRC and the Community

Steps towards a Red Cross approach to integrating with a neighbourhood. The discussion brought to the fore the tremendous enthusiasm that...

A Secure IFRC Neighbourhood

The presence of a community creates a safety net for all users of a shared space. However, to be effective, it needs to be accompanied by...

The IFRC Community

The community in the Community Park project refers to all its members - residents, IFRC staff, institutions and associations. Shared...

The IFRC Environment

The environment in the Community Park project refers to the physical, ecological and civic context in which the IFRC is located. It...

WELCOME TO THE IFRC PARK

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