Iman is a social scientist with a special interest in user-generated neighbourhoods and planning processes.
Articles
ICRC Shared Vision
The project is part of a process initiated by the Canton of Geneva through the Cantonal Master Plan, and integrated into the Communal Master Plan, which identifies the City of Onex as a town with strong development potential. The town offers numerous services in the areas of health, sport, leisure, culture and social services, which extend beyond the municipal boundaries. The public spaces and buildings in “Onex-Centre”, built between the mid-1950s and the early 1970s, are becoming obsolete and have changed little since.
Delta V: Neighbourhood project
This innovative plan for a new neighbourhood in the town of Versoix in Geneva will be presented at
the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel (S AM).
Delta V : Introduction
Un projet de quartier participatif à Versoix!
A participatory urban planning project in Geneva, Switzerland!
From Public Consultation to Community Land Trust
How the city of Ottawa’s participatory neighbourhood revitalization project has inspired the community to take the lead in choosing their future
Cairo: User-Driven Housing Construction
Housing must be seen as a process rather than a product: its values lie in the relationship and inter-action between the actors, their activities and the produced house.
Works
Cultura Fertilis
Étude d’opportunité pour un équipement culture d'importance majeur à future place de l'Étoie (PAV).
Opportunity study for a major cultural center in the planned neighbourhood of PAV in Geneva.
Breaking Ground
A 5 day long workshop in Geneva which produced strategies for gradual urban densification.