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