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Nairobi Public Space Projects Don’t Fail by Accident. This Is What Makes the Difference.
Walk through many neighborhoods in Nairobi and you will see the remains of a “good idea.” A small park with…
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The most powerful part of designing a public space had nothing to do with design
Before any Youth City project breaks ground, there is one rule that overrides budgets, timelines and even design expertise. It…
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What if the biggest impact of public space wasn’t physical at all?
Before a space becomes a garden or a park or a playground, it is first something else. Sometimes it is…
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The Climate Leaders Nairobi Did Not See Coming
For years, climate adaptation was treated like something that happened in conference rooms, university labs, or government departments. It felt…
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Who Really Owns a Public Space?
When a project ends, what happens next? For PSN, the true measure of transformation isn’t the ribbon-cutting moment. It’s what…
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The Infrastructure Nairobi Forgot about that could save its future
If Nairobi’s future were a building, it would already be cracking at the foundation. Floods tear through streets that were…
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The Fight to Be Heard: How Youth Are Demanding a Seat at Nairobi’s Climate Table
For weeks, participants have mapped floods, studied heat pockets, and walked the winding paths of Nairobi’s most climate-vulnerable neighborhoods. In…
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Graffiti and the City: What Do You See When You Look at the Walls?
In Nairobi, graffiti lives in two worlds. To some, it is vandalism: noise, color, and chaos on public walls. To…
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400 Million Dollars Later: What Changed for Nairobi River?
For more than twenty years, Nairobi has poured time, money and promises into cleaning its river.At least fifteen major clean-up…
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Designing Dandora’s Future: How Nairobi Residents Are Co-Creating A Community Park For Inclusive Urban Growth.
In Dandora, a quiet revolution in inclusive urban planning is unfolding, one meeting at a time.Last month, community members and…