Addis Ababa : a manifesto on African progress / by Dirk E. Hebel [and 6 others]..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hebel, Dirk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

City planning.

Urbanization--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Urbanization.

Sustainable architecture--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable urban development--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Sustainable urban development.

Buildings--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Buildings.

Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Physical Description:

238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Ruby Press, [2018].

Summary:

"This publication is centred around twelve manifesto points towards a people-centred urbanism and an architecture of belonging in times of rapid global urbanisation. Based on the authors' eleven year research experience, the book draws conclusions from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, as its case study. It contains essays on the historic development and the current housing situation of the city by local experts and numerous project examples. Addressing policy makers, architects and urban planners alike, the manifesto gives a series of clues and guidelines for a sustainable urbanisation of contemporary African metropolis." --Publisher.

Contents:

Cherish the local

Mix up the city

Build communities, not buildings

Work with the climate

Provide a home, not a house

Celebrate public space

Maximize socio-economic network possibilities

Build infrastructure in order to connect, not separate

Activate the ground floor

Modernize from within

Densify interaction, not people

Build to last

ISBN:

9783944074283

3944074289

OCLC:

1086223321