Arua is located in the North of Uganda in the West Nile region, near the border with the D.R. Congo and South Sudan. Despite its limited territorial extension, its geographical position put the city at the centre of important issues in the international scenario of East Africa. Indeed, Arua is a Gate-Town, a crossroads of trade routes and people, but also a point of arrival for migratory flows as from July 2017 more than one million people have settled in the homonymous district. The migrations are due to the violent internal rivalries that since 2011 upset South Sudan forcing the inhabitants to migrate to neighboring countries, including Uganda, causing a phenomenon that attracted the attention of international associations. In response to this emergency the O.N.U, through UN-Habitat, promotes the development in these territories of socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements. About the future planning of the Ugandan cities, a series of workshop were organized by UN-Habitat, World Bank and the Polytechnic of Milan, with the collaboration of architects, planners, expert cartographers and local civil servants. The meetings began in Berlin in March 2017, continued in September of the same year in Milan with a second workshop and concluded in March 2018 in Arua. The thesis project fits into this scenario and starts from a real situation to propose a solution to a concrete need. The proposal develops dealing with issues related to the future expansion of the city, its structure, transport and infrastructure. This work aims to structure the consolidated city and the existing informal settlements through various multi-scale actions, as well as integrate and enhance the currently missing services. The intervention area is located in a strategic position for Arua, a point that is able to link different aspects in a single project that consider the human side and how public, semi-public and private spaces are experienced by local population.
A Nord dell’Uganda nella regione del West Nile si trova Arua, una città situata nel distretto da cui prende il nome. La sua locazione geografica, vicino al confine con il D.R. Congo e con il Sud Sudan, la rende protagonista, di questioni importanti nel panorama internazionale dell’Est Africa, nonostante la sua limitata estensione territoriale. Arua è una Gate-Town, crocevia di rotte commerciali e persone, ma anche punto di arrivo dei flussi migratori tanto che dal luglio 2017 più di un milione di persone si sono stanziate nell’omonimo distretto. Le migrazioni sono dovute alle violente rivalità interne che dal 2011 sconvolgono il Sud Sudan e spingono gli abitanti a migrare nei paesi vicini, tra cui l’Uganda, dando vita a un fenomeno che ha attirato l’attenzione di associazioni internazionali. In risposta a questa emergenza l’O.N.U attraverso UN-Habitat promuove lo sviluppo in questi territori di insediamenti umani socialmente e ambientalmente sostenibili. Per discutere della futura pianificazione delle città Ugandesi UN-Habitat, World Bank e il Politecnico di Milano, hanno organizzato un ciclo di Workshop con architetti, pianificatori, cartografi esperti e civil servant locali. La serie di incontri ha avuto inizio a Berlino nel marzo 2017, è proseguita a settembre dello stesso anno a Milano con un secondo workshop e si è, al momento, conclusa nel marzo 2018 ad Arua. Il progetto di tesi si inserisce quindi in questo scenario e si propone di ideare una soluzione ad un’esigenza concreta. La proposta si sviluppa affrontando tematiche legate alla futura espansione della città, alla sua struttura, ai trasporti e alle infrastrutture. Questo lavoro mira a strutturare la città consolidata e gli insediamenti informali esistenti attraverso diverse azioni multiscalari, oltre ad integrare e potenziare i servizi attualmente mancanti. L’area di intervento si trova in una posizione strategica rispetto al centro di Arua, in grado di legare diversi aspetti in un unico progetto che tenga conto della misura umana e del modo in cui gli spazi pubblici, semi pubblici e privati, vengono vissuti dalla popolazione locale.
Arua, città di connessioni. Centralità metropolitana in Uganda
GALLI, COSTANZA
2016/2017
Abstract
Arua is located in the North of Uganda in the West Nile region, near the border with the D.R. Congo and South Sudan. Despite its limited territorial extension, its geographical position put the city at the centre of important issues in the international scenario of East Africa. Indeed, Arua is a Gate-Town, a crossroads of trade routes and people, but also a point of arrival for migratory flows as from July 2017 more than one million people have settled in the homonymous district. The migrations are due to the violent internal rivalries that since 2011 upset South Sudan forcing the inhabitants to migrate to neighboring countries, including Uganda, causing a phenomenon that attracted the attention of international associations. In response to this emergency the O.N.U, through UN-Habitat, promotes the development in these territories of socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements. About the future planning of the Ugandan cities, a series of workshop were organized by UN-Habitat, World Bank and the Polytechnic of Milan, with the collaboration of architects, planners, expert cartographers and local civil servants. The meetings began in Berlin in March 2017, continued in September of the same year in Milan with a second workshop and concluded in March 2018 in Arua. The thesis project fits into this scenario and starts from a real situation to propose a solution to a concrete need. The proposal develops dealing with issues related to the future expansion of the city, its structure, transport and infrastructure. This work aims to structure the consolidated city and the existing informal settlements through various multi-scale actions, as well as integrate and enhance the currently missing services. The intervention area is located in a strategic position for Arua, a point that is able to link different aspects in a single project that consider the human side and how public, semi-public and private spaces are experienced by local population.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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