Project info
- Location: Cuba
- Year: 2024 - 2026
- Client: Architects Without Borders
- Size: n/a
- Collaborators: Sociedad Civil Patrimonio, Comunidad y Medio Ambiente (SCPCMA) Officina del Historiador de Desarrollo Integral de Habana Vieja (OHCH)
- Financing: Fundraising in progress
- Project team: Francisca Franchi, Lotte Bech, Javier Corvalán, Ivan Salinas, Kurt Lange
- Contact: Francisca Franchi: [email protected]
In this project, we investigate if and how cycling can be extended to cities in the Global South, many of which are plagued by motor vehicle dominance resulting in massive air pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. In addition, many cities in the Global South are experiencing an increase in lifestyle diseases, including obesity and diabetes, leading to poorer quality of life and increased healthcare costs.
At Architects Without Borders, we see the expansion of cycling as a key lever in creating development, as it is well documented that cycling is both a cheap and healthy form of transportation that leads to increased public health and thus savings on public budgets.
Development goals that this project seeks to contribute to
- Expanding cycling in cities in the Global South
- Increased urban mobility, independent of fossil fuels
- Improved health in the cities in question, achieved by cycling replacing sedentary modes of transportation
- Improved health through air pollution reduction
Read Architects Without Borders’ vision paper on cycling and development:
