Korogocho Streetscapes - Talking walls

This project is collaboration between non-borderless architects - Hopeerasers Youth Initiative of Sweden and Kenya

The two organizations collaborated with the city of Corcocho in order to improve the lives of young people in the area and to set up three transition goals.

1. Let's create a safer, more democratic, more vibrant street life in Korogocho. This is accomplished by recognizing art and culture as the power of public space generators.

2. Street as a venue where fusion of sports, art and games to strengthen the identity of Korogocho

After the election violence stunned Kenya, the idea of ​​painting walls first appeared in 2008. This is part of Amani Lazima's "Peace is must" campaign. Hoperaisers will help draw pictures of public walls. Looking to the future, they are looking for resources to upgrade the project and apply some rest areas to the small wall.

In mid-2013, they worked with non-borderless architects and began implementing the project in January 2014. Many consultations took place behind the scenes. Without regional involvement and ownership, such projects could not be completed in the community.

This includes conversations with local governments, principals, landlords, and residents who are primarily art consumers and part of the owner. This idea is easy to purchase for most local people and will be very happy to help in many ways, as the evaluator is expected to be a source of inspiration and wanting to understand from the community.

After a period of investigation on the environment, we can work on some of the possible challenges and find ways to avoid them. We avoid this by spending time with local people and persuading them to say that this is to make their community beautiful. They bought this idea and offered help

Another challenge is how to draw. We sketched the artwork I would like to draw and shared the same content as people who seemed to be worried about ideas.

Whenever we draw, we will involve locals to help fill the space of artwork drawing the background. They have a new street art nearby, so they especially like to take pictures with art.

These are just a few examples of the many ways Street View can encapsulate and emphasize artistic talent. The more artistic the city is, the more attention it will be in recent years. Street art and colorful architecture are increasingly popular in modern townscapes, and art is exposed to everyday life in people's lives.

CoroGoco reflects one of Nairobi's biggest challenges. 60% of the largest cities in Kenya live in "informal settlements". Generally, people like slums like the Korogotcho account for about 5% of the total land area of ​​the city. The tin hut is burned under the equatorial sun. Cleaning in the garbage dumping place usually means the difference between the abdominal abdomen and the hungry part. Men, women, and young people who gathered at the corner of corrogoco help to prevent the spread of HIV among children. The AIDS immunization program funded by the US International Development Agency through PEPFAR mobilized local health volunteers, religious leaders and youth leaders to mobilize as "pediatric champion" teams. These pediatric champions are enhancing access and needs for pediatric HIV care and treatment services in Nairobi

It looks like any other meeting in the courtyard of the Nairobi - Church Health Center in Kenya - people sit on a lawn chair on plastic and avoid the sun during the day in the shade of the umbrella. But what the group gathered at Korogocho is doing is to save the lives of children and lay the foundation for realizing a generation without AIDS. CoroGoco reflects one of Nairobi's biggest challenges. 60% of the largest cities in Kenya live in "informal settlements". Generally, people like slums like the Korogotcho account for about 5% of the total land area of ​​the city. The tin hut is burned under the equatorial sun. Cleaning with a dump usually means the difference between full and hungry.