Implemented under the Urban Fabric Initiative project, the upgrading of 3 water collectoin kiosks in 2 informal settlements of Kigali were ceonceived as critical and multi-functional urban spaces. More than just a water collection point for residents without piped water at home, the kiosk sites were repurposed as social gathering points and pieces of critical green infrastructure. Previously barren and dilapidated sites were transformed into green pockets and public space in neighbourhoods where there is almost none, while deploying nature-based strategies to the management of significant stormwater and drainage challenges on Kigali's hilly terrain.

Co-constructed with community members, with input from residents' construction committees, these small sites were co-designed through a participatory process, helping to embed knowledge of the strategic design choices within existing community structures. Though small in area, the designes are conceived as pieces of a much larger green infrastructure strategy, creating a network of repeatable interventions.