Nada Nafeh: [In]Formal Pattern Language — A Guide to Handmade Improvitecture ©
Nada Nafeh is an architectural designer, urban researcher and the founder of [in]formal Pattern Language. The initiative proposes a holistic, replicable, open-source and transferable process and a manual to empower citizens in informal settlements to take ownership of their built environment and improve their socio-cultural and economical patterns with sustainable practices. The project mediates between bottom-up efforts and top-down expertise and engages community members, architecture students and experts. As the recipient of the LafargeHolcim Research in Practice Grant (RPG), Nada is currently developing the [in]formal Pattern Language manual for Cairo as a case study. In the previous years, Nada worked at the GIZ, a German development agency supporting work in informal settlements in Cairo.
Co-organized by María Arquero de Alarcón [UMich] and Mona El Khafif [UVA]
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