A Joint Digital Workshop: Reviewing Urban Developments in two Omani Neighbourhoods - part 1
Image Source - Adapted from diagram by Maryam ZY, with data from ArcGIS Guest Author: Shalakha Sara Reji Shalakha is an Architect from India, and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in 'Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design' from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Her areas of interest include participatory planning methodologies, research on experimental and sustainable urban planning, equitable public space design and so on. This blog post is part 1 of a 2 part post. It recounts the proceedings of a student workshop conducted – jointly by the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and the Sultan Qaboos University (Oman) – during the months of October and November 2021. The digital workshop was part of the former’s semester project titled ‘Muscat Studio’, and considered within its scope two neighbourhoods: (1) Al Khoud 6 in Al Seeb (covered in this post) and (2) Harat Al Shamal in Muttrah (to be covered in a part 2) as study areas for its M.Sc. and B.Sc. design st