Conference Papers and Presentations (African Perspectives)

Conference Papers and Presentations (African Perspectives)

 

African Perspectives Conference, 2009

Table of Contents

Front matter
Conference Themes
Keynote Addresses (The (historical) identity of the African City Centre)
AbdouMaliq, Simone Economic heterogeneity and the return of the central city
Keynote Addresses (The African City Centre in a contemporary global context)
Addo, Joe The City Centre – An introduction to the video entitled 'Mapping Accra'
Keynote Addresses (The future life of the African City Centre)
Wolff, Heinrich Imagining Urban Futures
Refereed papers
Selection and referee process
By Theme
Theme - The (historical) identity of the African City Centre
De Boeck, F., Cassiman, A. & Van Wolputte, S.

Recentering the City: An Anthropology of Secondary Cities in Africa

Gantner, G.

The urban market: Social and Spatial Configurations in the African City

Gruffydd,Jones B.

‘Cities Without Slums’? Global architectures of power and the African city

Ogbu, L.

A Search for Specificity: Learning from Africa

Theme - The African City Centre in a contemporary global context
Andersen, J.

Meanings and perceptions of the built environment in peri-urban areas of Maputo, Mozambique

Jenkins, P.

Xilunguine, Lourenço Marques, Maputo - structure and agency in urban form: past, present and future

Newton, C.

UniverCity-Centre: the university as an anchor and its capacity for democratizing urban space

Beeckmans, L.

Agency in an African City. The various trajectories through time and space of the public market of Kinshasa

Githua, B.

Anatomy of Exclusion in an African City: On Ambivalence

Matos M.C., Ramos, T.B. & Costa, L.P.

Planned and unplanned towns in former Portuguese colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Silveira’s ‘Iconografia

Osasona, C., Ogunshakin, L. & Jiboye, D. Ile-Ife: A Cultural Phenomenon in the Throes of Transformation
Theme - The future life of the African City Centre
Baumeister, J. & Knebel, N.

The Indigenous Urban Tissue of Addis Ababa – A City Model for the Future Growth of African Metropoliseferee process

Geurts, E.

Working on Cities: an Experience from Kumasi, Ghana – A Design Studio for Architects and Urban Management Studentse

Olweny, M.R.O. & Olweny, C.L.M.

Ethical Positions in Built Environment Education

Viana, D.

African City: towards a new paradigm – ‘chameleonic’ urbanism for hybrid cities

Afram, S.O. & Olympio, G.F.A.

The woes of a ‘’Straight-jacketed’ Central Business District’: The case study of Odum, Kumasi

Le Roux, H.

Coffeemanifesto: sampling instant and slow spaces in the African city

Müller, B.

Narrating Urban Acupuncture[s]

Musa, A. & Van Kats, R.H.C.

Diagnoses on Cairo City. Reflective Analyses of Ramses Square

Nawangwe, B. The Evolution of the Kibuga into Kampala’s City Centre – Analysis of the transformation of an African cityeme
Refereed Multimedia Presentation
Coralli, M. & Palumbo, M.A Territories in Motion. From Cotonou, an audiovisual approach for an African perspective on city centre futures
Invited Speaker: Introduction to the locale of the Conference
Hansen, L.C. Urban interventions: approach to urban regeneration in South Africa since 1994
Refereed Poster Presentations
Gantner, G. Garden city settlements: The lingering effects of urban design policy in Lusaka.
Martusewicz, C. & Cumberbatch, T. Learning from earth: An exploration and reinterpretation of vernacular building.
Moreira, P. Modernism vs Capitalism in the city of red sand and black gold: Contemporary paradoxes in Luanda, Angola.
Sirron-Kakpor, I. Working on cities: An experience from Kumasi, Ghana.
Vio, G.

Between land and water: Elements for a city centre.

Poster Presentations
Imhoff, J.H. et al. The Royal Trees: The true garden city; an ecologically sound city for the present and future generations.
Sirron-Kakpor, I. et al. Sub-Center Commerce Corridor.
Waijer, P. et al. Stretching social structures: Adapt the urban compound to present living.
Oosterwaal, A. et al. Ayigya works: Creating opportunities for the self-employed women of Ayigya.
Back Matter

Recent Submissions

  • Martusewicz, C.; Cumberbatch, T.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    A poster presentation by Martusewicz, C. & Cumberbatch, T. about 'Learning from earth: An exploration and reinterpretation of vernacular building'.
  • Wolff, H.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Within the time allowed for this presentation I can hardly address a balanced range of issues dealing with the ‘Future Life of the African City Centre’. I will introduce four topics that have been close to my heart that ...
  • Waijer, P.; Van der Heijde, A.; Afrianti, D.; Siek, T.; Martha, D.; Amugi, D.; Opoku, B.; Mensah, D.A.; Agyiri, E.G.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Adapting the urban compound house to present living. This paper consists of building plans and drawings.
  • Vio, G.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The water of Venice protects the city, sets the boundaries, and connects the city to the sea. The same importance can be given to water in many urban cultures around Africa.
  • 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 ...
  • 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’ ...
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    Anglo suffered from armed conflicts for four decades. During this period, the territory had been "forcibly urbanised." In fact, an estimated sixty percent of the population is now living in cities. These informal settlements ...
  • Matos, M.C.; Ramos, T.B.; Costa, L.P.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Luis Silveira’s ‘Ensaio de Iconografia das Cidades Portuguesas do Ultramar’, published in the 50’s, is a fundamental source for the study of urban form in former Portuguese colonies. This is an often cited work and its ...
  • Le Roux, H.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
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    Vision: A vibrant sub-center that supports the potential for all people to develop adequate housing and business opportunities, regardless of their income levels. Mission: Transform the main street of Ayiga into a Corridor ...
  • Jones, B.G.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This paper provides a critical examination of the current international urban agenda for African cities, with a particular focus on the Cities Alliance discourse of ‘Cities Without Slums’ and UN-Habitat’s ‘Slum Upgrading ...
  • Jenkins, P.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This paper initially briefly reviews different approaches to urban studies in African urban areas as an introduction to the intention in establishing a link between an understanding of the social significance of the city ...
  • Imhoff, H.J.; Jorristma, J.; De Groot, J.; Nercua, C.P.C.; Plazza, A.; Rwigamba, V.; Twum-Barimah, M.; Ankrah, R.; Sory, DS.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Kumasi, the true garden city.
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    The discussion on our urban challenges are in part more reflections based on a body of work concluded in Johannesburg and Pretoria over the last 15 years. The paper will attempt to provide a partial representation of the ...
  • Githua, B.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This paper draws on psychoanalytic concepts of incipient boundary formation to theorize the ambivalent nature of exclusionary socio-political practices in urban sub Saharan Africa, applying this to an analysis of the Mũngĩkĩ ...
  • African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Sirron-Kakpor, I.; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
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  • 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, ...
  • Gantner, G.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
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  • Gantner, G.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The history and resulting contemporary form of the Zambian capital of Lusaka presents a condition particularly relevant to urban designers and policy-makers. One of the few cities in the subregion to have grown almost ...
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