✨10 Years of CatalyticAction! Our team came together in Lebanon to celebrate a decade of impact with hikes, site visits, reflection, and a special 10 Years notebook. Here’s to the next decade of co-design, community, and resilience! #10YearsofImpact

✨Our story began in 2015 with Ibtasem playground in Bar Elias, co-designed with and for children. From one safe place to play and learn, we’ve grown into a decade of inclusive public spaces, strengthening communities across Lebanon & beyond! #10YearsOfImpact #10YearsofIbtasem

🏆We’re winners! CatalyticAction has been named in @ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards 20 practices shaping the future of architecture. This amazing recognition comes as we celebrate 10 years of CatalyticAction🎉 https://t.co/guoQgE0Bak #ArchDaily2025 #CatalyticAction10Years

Our work is featured in Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice (ed. Brian Holland). Our Co-founder, Joana Dabaj, shares how co-designing public spaces with displaced children in Lebanon fosters inclusion, dignity, & impact. Check it: https://t.co/7buC6Z3knD

This #InternationalYouthDay, we celebrate youth advancing cooperation through tech & partnerships. Through #YUPCities, young people in Lebanon & Indonesia are co-creating digital platforms to shape urban governance & civic life! @FondationBotnar @dpu_ucl @kotakitaorg

Five years on from the Beirut Port explosion, justice remains elusive and recovery continues. In Karantina, we’re still here. With children & families, we transform public spaces into sites of healing & hope. Through research & co-design community-led recovery matters. @dpu_ucl

We’re rebuilding this wheelchair court but first we had to say goodbye to the old hoop… With a lullaby... About cooking a pigeon. Only in Lebanon... 🇱🇧 🎬 Follow for more chaos, paint, and giant art.

Inspiring discussions at the #YouthUrbanForum! 19 youth from El Mina & Bar Elias explored how digital tools can boost urban safety & community impact.We're excited to refine the ideas & continue our co-designing journey! @FondationBotnar @TheBartlettUCL @kotakitaorg @AndreaRigon

After concluding our 2nd round of the advocacy programme that helped institutionalize Karantina Women’s Collective, ‘My happiness in my park’ for #public #space rights, the group completed their 1st independently organized community activity and we couldn’t be prouder!@UrgentAct

Our new #YUP report shares insights from Indonesia & Lebanon: 4,248 surveys, 204 youth-led cases, 17 citizen scientists. Explore barriers, digital tools & what youth care about! Next up: co-producing digital platforms with young people and municipalities! https://t.co/pYHdEPgiqY

Help shape the future of Urban Planning 🏛️ We are seeking applications for the position of 'Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Digital Platforms for Youth Inclusive Urban Governance' to join our team. 📅 Deadline: 15 May 2025 🔗 Apply: https://t.co/FNsMhBSOps

We joined @rigonandre @polimi staff +students in Castel Volturno for five days of #urban research. Together, we explored Destra Volturno through territorial analysis — looking at #publicspace, services, mobility, and coastal erosion.

📍 Vendôme Public Stairs – Beirut ✨ Remember the 2022 transformation of the Vendome Public Stairs in Mar Mikhael? This urban intervention revitalised a key public space, improving accessibility and enhancing social activities. 💬 What’s your favourite public space in Beirut?

We’re launching a new series of activities in Karantina #PublicPark! Working with #children through #participatory sessions to shape the space based on their evolving needs. Supported by @NahnooLeb under SIMA, funded by @KfW_FZ_int & implemented by @UNOPS

A glimpse from our focus group discussions with youth in Bar Elias and El Mina, who shared the barriers they face, and what motivates them to change in their communities. Our research project YUP, funded by @FondationBotnar and in partnership with @dpu_ucl, @kotakitaorg and SHM.

📣 We’re thrilled to share our 2024 Impact Report, showcasing a selection of our transformative projects from the past year! 🔗 https://t.co/9lUyj3oQYV

We’re glad to share some of the heartfelt reflections of the #women who participated in the first cycle of 'Women-Led Placemaking for Peacebuilding in Tripoli' project, funded by @unwomenlebanon and in partnership with @RuwwadLb. Stay tuned to see the sites rehabilitations soon!

Yesterday, we joined Hosn Houssami & Public Interventions at the seminar: “AAD sessions: Transformative lines” at the School of Art, Architecture & Design in @LondonMetUni. Our Director of Programmes, Joana Dabaj, showcased our #impactful_work & co-design approach.

Through their own voices, the children who participated in our "Play and Public Spaces" activities in Tripoli shared #joyful memories of #play, their love for #public_spaces, and the things they cherish most about their #neighbourhoods during a walk through these #spaces.

🪟 Installed high-level windows with louvered openings for better ventilation. 🌀 Added wall-mounted fans to improve airflow. 🪟Six existing fixed glass panels were replaced with windows to increase openable areas.