Browsing Conference Papers and Presentations (African Perspectives) by Subject "African city"

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Browsing Conference Papers and Presentations (African Perspectives) by Subject "African city"

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  • African cities : towards a new paradigm - 'chameleonic' urbanism for hybrid cities 
    Viana, D.L.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    African cities demand growing a network-type articulation between their formal centres and the vast, informal polymorphic suburban housing areas surrounding them. A new urban paradigm should be proclaimed: urban proposals ...
  • Narrating urban acupuncture[s] 
    Muller, B.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Cities like Accra or Kinshasa, Kumasi or Kisangani, can – despite all large-scale transformations – still be characterized by the presence of small-scale appropriations of urban space. These ‘points’ / ’waypoints’ ...
  • Working on cities : an experience from Kumasi, Ghana a design studio for architects and urban management students 
    Geurts, E.H.M.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This paper describes the process of a studio and research project called ‘Working on Cities’ (WOC) by students from the Academy of Architecture and of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies in Rotterdam, ...