Friday 25 April 2008

About to take the flight to Turkey


This blog is the diary of 13 graduate students studying at Development Planning Unit at UCL a MSc in Building and Urban Design in Development. During the next three and a half weeks we will be working in Turkey at the Fatih municipality trying to develop a response for the Urban Renewal Project that the government is implementing in the area, and that is responsible of the eviction and displacement of the Romani community and other marginalized groups. We have knowledge of the context thanks to the last year student group that worked in the area, however the current situation is serious, houses have been destroyed and an effective solution is needed to bring the main actors to discuss together a better option for development. The challenge we are facing is quite complex but we will try our best. Only time will tell...