CITY WIDE SLUM UPGRADING STRATEGY FOR TRANSFORMATION IN A TIME OF TRANSITION PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA 2015
by Building and Urban Design in Development Development Planning Unit University College of London
“You don’t walk into the community, let the community walk into you” - Chawanad Luansang, May 2015, Phnom Penh
research collaborative people-centered partnerships for slumupgrading in Cambodia
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RESEARCH LONDON BASED
FIELDTRIP CAMBODIA BASED
REPORT POST FIELDTRIP
to understand the constant and rapid evolution of the Cambodian STEP 1 _ Research contested urban and social condition in order to identify specif research questions RESEARCH and goals to carry out during the field work. L O N D O Nstakeholders: . budd students BASED CONTEXT understanding of the country, the current and the future vision
STRATEGIC FIELD RESEARCH GOALS establishment of principles of intervention and analysis to unfold the real dynamics on the field ground.
field work where to research and design innovative and critical strategies STEP 2 _ Local that could contribute to the work of the local stakeholders and people involved FIELDTRIP on the field. sites of investigation are related to the communities that have entered a CAMBODIA The process of regularising their tenure, upgrading their housing and infrastructure, BASED widening the spectrum of on-site economic activities. OBSERVATION urban and social exploration through: . photographic report . interviews . maps
UNDERSTANDING informal participatory design workshops
STEP 2 _ stakeholders: . budd students FIELDTRIP . local community students CAMBODIA .. local local architects (Asian Cohalition Housing Rights) BASED . local authorities INSIGHTS envisoning together the future through . prototypes . creative informal methods
LOCAL TOOLKIT: STRATEGIES FORMULATION AND PROPOSAL public presentation to the local community and the public authority
STEP 3 _ REPORT POST FIELDTRIP STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT formulating methodologies and planned strategies of intervention at city scale and country size
Report of the -tangible and intangible- spaces of opportunities and potential strategies toward a socially and nclusive socio-spatial transformation involving the various national and international stakeholders. stakeholders: . budd students . cambodian government Evolution of the strategy and areas of interventions
Eviction causes dispersal of community
Flooding due to land fill
New National Highway construction by government
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National election adopts unfavorable policy
Possible externalities effecting the upgrading strategy
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Start building social cohesion
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Establishing or restructuring savings groups
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Social cohesion Saving groups scheme Collective spaces & Infrastructure
Decision-making processes
Possible ruptures in the strategy due to externalities and challenges
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Community action to improve collective spaces Forming networks for upgradation Understanding of capacities by co-production of knowledge
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
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Community gets involved in municipal infrastructure planning
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People-driven transformation shaping the city
CAMBODODIA IN A STATE OF TRANSITION
CAMBODIA
Community-initiated media platforms start influencing discourse on city development