Mukuru Design Unit is a group that does spatial design to support learning of children at Mukuru district, one of the informal residential areas in Nairobi, Kenya. Our activities are based in Japan and Kenya.

Our activities aim to take “small” actions with understanding on the area, make some “transition” and improvement on the activities by examining past actions, and conduct activities with “associated” diverse people, organizations, and services, from ones at the neighborhood of Mukuru to ones abroad.

Hopefully, as a multi-faceted actor, we can sustain perspectives of potentially conflicting parties, such as an insider and an outsider, or a designer and a user, instead of simply being a builder, an aid provider, or a surveyor.