Working on cities : an experience from Kumasi, Ghana a design studio for architects and urban management students

dc.contributor.authorGeurts, E.H.M.
dc.contributor.editorBakker, Karel A.
dc.contributor.otherAfrican Perspectives Conference Proceedings
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.coverage.spatialGhana
dc.coverage.spatialKumasi
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-19T08:11:02Z
dc.date.available2017-04-19T08:11:02Z
dc.date.created2017
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis 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, the Netherlands. The studio brought together architects, designers and urban management professionals from developing countries and the Netherlands. The objective of the WOC studio was to arrive at a sustainable, integrated plan and design for a particular settlement in Africa. The location for this project was the Ayigya subcentre in Kumasi, Ghana. This settlement is currently facing many challenges inherent to the urban growth of African cities and the limited technical and financial resources at hand. The focus is on the description of the process that supported the WOC studio by the interdisciplinary team of students. The challenges of the settlement and the applied action-research oriented methods are explained. Principles of action planning and integrated development planning were used as a basis for developing a ‘common language’ amongst students and it is argued that is vital for the development of designing sustainable areas such as Ayigya while recognizing the realities of the people and their future needs.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Culture, Delegation of the Flemish Government in South Africa, Embassy of Belgiumen_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://africanperspectivesconference.wordpress.com/
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDFen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGeurts, EHM 2010 "Working on cities : an experience from Kumasi, Ghana a design studio for architects and urban management students", African Perspectives Conference Proceedings, 25-28 September 2009.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-620-49356-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59956
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherDepartment of Architecture, University of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rightsDepartment of Architecture, University of Pretoria © 2010en_ZA
dc.subjectArchitectureen_ZA
dc.subjectUrban managementen_ZA
dc.subjectUpgradingen_ZA
dc.subjectArchitecture designen_ZA
dc.subjectCompound housingen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican cityen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture--Africa
dc.titleWorking on cities : an experience from Kumasi, Ghana a design studio for architects and urban management studentsen_ZA
dc.typeConference paperen_ZA

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