Horsh Beirut — Planning for Belonging
A child-centered investigation into how a major public green space becomes part of everyday urban life — not only by being open, but by being reachable, legible, safe and continuously inhabited.
- Period
- 2025–2026
- Role
- Researcher / Designer
- Focus
- Children 8–15
- Methods
- Fieldwork + mapping
Case study
Question
How can spatial, social and institutional conditions help children build a regular and durable relationship with public space?
Approach
Field observation, spatial and sensory analysis, participatory mapping, interviews, comparative precedents and system-based diagnosis across environmental, technical-spatial-economic, and social-governance layers.
Design translation
The research is translated into principles for access, shade, pedestrian and cycling continuity, play, seating, signage, stewardship and everyday programming — designed as an ecological and social infrastructure rather than an isolated park intervention.