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MANIPULA I “Palaver Hut”

RehabiMed KIDS is starting a series of workshops for children in different cities around the Mediterranean, where they can build models using different materials. The first workshop in the MANIPULA series is devoted to “Palaver Hut”, traditional constructions linked to different native African communities. Using preliminary drawings, the children will reproduce houses in the Sahel and Equatorial …

Congratulations to the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee on winning the World Habitat Award 2013

The rehabilitation of the old city of Hebron, World Habitat Award 2013The strategic plan for the revitalization of the historic centre of Hebron, in Palestine, has won (from over 200 participants all over the world) the UN World Habitat Award 2013. The jury valued its innovative nature, its impact on the city’s inhabitants and the example of good practice it represents for application to …

Rehabilitation of the Sant Pau Modernista complex. 24, 25 and 26 October 2013

The Modernista complex of Sant Pau, declared World Heritage in 1997, is one of Barcelona’s architectural jewels. It functioned as a hospital until 2009, almost one hundred years after it was opened, and is now undergoing rehabilitation and a change of use to host various international organizations. Its dimensions, its architectural and constructive characteristics, and the determination to give …