Browsing Conference Papers and Presentations (African Perspectives) by Issue Date

Browsing Conference Papers and Presentations (African Perspectives) by Issue Date

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  • The evolution of the Kibuga into Kampala's city centre - analysis of the transformation of an African city 
    Nawangwe, B.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The Kibuga was the capital of the Buganda Kingdom at the time the British declared a protectorate over this very well organised kingdom in 1900. The Kibuga comprised of the king’s palace at the centre of the settlement, ...
  • The royal trees : the true garden city ; an ecologically sound city for the present & future generations 
    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.
  • The indigenous urban tissue of Addis Ababa - a city model for the future growth of African metropolis 
    Baumeister, J.; Knebel, N.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The current rapid urbanization in Africa is an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of mankind, as urban growth is no longer linked to economic growth. With this "urbanization in poverty" a new way of urban life evolves ...
  • Front matter, African Perspectives Conference Proceedings, 2009 
    African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
  • The woes of a " 'straight-jacketed' central business district" : the case of Odum, Kumasi 
    Afram, S.O.; Olympio, G.F.A.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Kumasi is the traditional and administrative capital of the Ashanti Region. The location of its Central Business District (CBD) is, literally, in the geographical centre of the city, surrounded and hemmed in by residential ...
  • Garden city settlements : the littering effects of urban design policy in Lusaka 
    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 ...
  • Working on cities : an experience from Kumasi, Ghana 
    African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Sirron-Kakpor, I.; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The "Working on Cities studio" is a joint project by the Academy of Architecture Rotterdam, the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Agency in an African city : the various trajectories through time and space of the public market 
    Beeckmans, L.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Kinshasa, the former Léopoldville, developed in less than one century from a few pre-colonial settlements into a metropolis of almost ten million people. In the city, the marketplace has always been at the centre of ...
  • A search for specificity : learning from Africa 
    Ogbu, L.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    As we seek to position ourselves within this new century, the notion of defining an African urban architecture is both complex and compelling. Contemporary African cities are dynamic environments that have an ongoing ...
  • 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’ ...
  • Planned and unplanned towns in former Portuguese colonies in Sub-Sahara Africa : an analysis of Silveira's 'Iconografia' 
    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 ...
  • Conference themes, African Perspectives Conference Proceedings, 2009 
    African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
  • Recentering the city : an anthropology of secondary cities in Africa 
    De Boeck, F.; Cassiman, A; Van Wolputte, S.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    This text summarises an ongoing research project about small cities which are usually not included in the research agenda on global cities. We aim at bridging between research focused on global or world cities and that on ...
  • Between land and water : elements for a city centre 
    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.
  • Coffeemanifesto : sampling instant and slow spaces in the African city 
    Le Roux, H.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    In the inner city of Johannesburg, Ethiopian traders and their landlords have occupied and redefined empty modernist buildings, creating a rich and dense urban market area. The fabric of the existing buildings and open ...
  • Imagining urban futures 
    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 ...
  • Modernism vs capitalism in the city of red sand and black gold : contemporary paradoxes in Luanda, Angola 
    Moreira, P.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    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 ...
  • Economic heterogeneity and the return of the central city 
    Simone, A.; African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    Notions of the ‘central’ – as a dense core – have dominated the sense that urbanisation is replete with the possibilities of accessibility, concentration, efficiency, and productive power. The city was thought to culminate in ...
  • Refereed papers, selection process, African Perspectives Conference Proceedings, 2009 
    African Perspectives Conference Proceedings; Bakker, Karel A. (Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria © 2010, 2010)
    The Conference Proceedings is a scientific document. Apart from the Refereed Papers, it contains contributions from the keynote speakers as well as Poster Presentations (where authors had to discuss their work with conference ...