The workshop started with the description of several examples of sustainable auto-construction architectures and public spaces. Sustainable building techniques, innovative uses of low cost and recycled materials, specific needs, participation proceedings, education of inhabitants in auto-construction techniques as the target topics. Participants were be involved in the analysis and creation of a proposal for an auto-construction project for a park in the village of Al Wallajeh, outskirts of Jerusalem. The exercise focussed on the particular situation of the village of Al Wallaje, and the consequences of the Middle East conflict on its public space, on the possibility to build an identity collective place for the local community and integrate it with the existing and new-planned surroundings.

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