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...
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- Mar 28, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 8 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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