Recomposing the city fragments of Addis Ababa

Physical re-weaving of Addis from a social perspective

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

C. Sanchez Barbero Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

H.A.F. Mooij Public Building and Housing Design (mentor)
N.J. Amorim Mota Public Building and Housing Design (graduation committee member)
F.R. Schnater Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 Carolina Sanchez Barbero
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Published Date

03-11-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa but only 20% of its population lives in urban areas. The relevance of this fact entails that traditions, economic activities and their social structure are still highly attached to the rural, which is reflected in the ‘’ruralization’’ of the urban areas, that have retarded the progress of cities according to the goals set by the government to achieve modernization. In The capital, Addis Ababa, traditional practices rooted in the countryside are part of the daily activities fostering a juxtaposition and fragmentation of land uses emphasizing the proliferation of informal economies and the unforeseen urban growth where lower and higher-income groups live side by side. In that sense, I find in these challenges an opportunity to propose an inclusive scenario enabling adaptations over time, while pretending to dignify the lives of the current residents and newcomers by granting the same accessibility to decent homes and healthy environments through the sense of appropriation for their own living environment.