The proposed thesis aims to rectify current urban challenges: rapid urbanization, population growth and increasing demand for housing through a realization of a masterplan and design of a housing complex. The thesis is project oriented and seeks to demonstrate how urban integrated explicit architectural approach to housing developments can be a key strategy to revitalize inner urban areas and address contemporary urban phenomenon - quality public open spaces and community facilities. Housing led urban regeneration to elucidate the complexity of urban conditions in fast growing cities like Addis Ababa can stimulate changes through a development of underperforming and degrading urban areas. Such kinds of redevelopments can also bring economic opportunities to local communities. Like other major African cities, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Kinshasa and Nairobi to name a few, the urbanization rate in the Ethiopian capital - Addis Ababa is also rapidly increasing making the city as one of the fastest transforming urban environments in the continent and hence the world. As a political and financial capital of the nation, the city continues to attract residents from all around the country which means the need for urgent response to the inevitable problems associated with urbanization is crucial. This exceptional degree of complexity and challenges of uncontrolled urban transformation in the main capital needs a different approach in terms of development strategy to enhance the urban and social fabric of the city. In this regard as an urban redevelopment scheme urban regeneration strategy can be considered as a convenient means to tackle critical issues of rapid urbanization particularly in declining inner-city neighborhoods and intensifying urban areas whilst being conscious of the existing social, environmental, demographic and urban conditions. With the intent of an initiative to reimagine and revitalize a major district in the inner-city with five distinct hubs along a strip of a main road, the idea of urban regeneration has therefore been welcomed by Ethiopia’s Land Bank and Development Corporation (LBDC)- a government enterprise engaged in property development and landholdings management. The proposed thesis is based on LBDC’s initiative and it aims to rectify current urban challenges through a realization of a masterplan and design a housing complex on a site selected on one of the five redevelopment hubs.
La tesi proposta mira ad affrontare le attuali sfide urbane: rapida urbanizzazione, crescita demografica e crescente domanda di alloggi attraverso la realizzazione di un masterplan e la progettazione di un complesso abitativo. La tesi è orientata al progetto e cerca di dimostrare come l'approccio architettonico esplicito integrato urbano agli sviluppi abitativi può essere una strategia chiave per rivitalizzare le aree urbane interne e affrontare il fenomeno urbano contemporaneo: spazi aperti pubblici di qualità e servizi alla comunità. La rigenerazione urbana guidata dall'edilizia abitativa per chiarire la complessità delle condizioni urbane nelle città in rapida crescita come Addis Abeba, può stimolare i cambiamenti attraverso lo sviluppo di aree urbane degradate e sotto sviluppate. Tali tipi di riqualificazioni possono anche creare opportunità economiche alle comunità locali. Come altre grandi città africane, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Kinshasa e Nairobi per citarne alcune, anche il tasso di urbanizzazione nella capitale etiope - Addis Abeba sta rapidamente aumentando, rendendo la città uno degli ambienti urbani in più rapida trasformazione del continente e quindi del mondo. In quanto capitale politica e finanziaria della nazione, la città continua ad attrarre residenti da tutto il paese, ciò comporta la necessità di una risposta urgente agli inevitabili problemi associati all'urbanizzazione. Questo eccezionale grado di complessità e le sfide della trasformazione urbana incontrollata nella capitale, richiedono un approccio diverso in termini di strategia di sviluppo per migliorare il tessuto urbano e sociale della città. A questo proposito, come schema di riqualificazione urbana, la strategia di rigenerazione urbana può essere considerata un mezzo conveniente per affrontare le questioni critiche della rapida urbanizzazione, in particolare nei quartieri urbani in declino e intensificando le aree urbane, pur essendo consapevoli delle condizioni sociali, ambientali, demografiche e urbane esistenti . Con l'intento di reimmaginare e rivitalizzare un importante distretto nel centro della città con cinque distinti hub lungo una fascia di una strada principale, l'idea di rigenerazione urbana è stata quindi accolta dalla Land Bank and Development Corporation (LBDC) dell'Etiopia - un'impresa governativa impegnata nello sviluppo immobiliare e nella gestione delle proprietà terriere. La tesi proposta si basa sull'iniziativa di LBDC e mira a rettificare le attuali sfide urbane attraverso la realizzazione di un masterplan e la progettazione di un complesso residenziale in un sito selezionato in uno dei cinque centri di riqualificazione.
Housing as revitalization stimulus : inner-city revamping of Addis Ababa
Amde, Beken Kefyalew
2020/2021
Abstract
The proposed thesis aims to rectify current urban challenges: rapid urbanization, population growth and increasing demand for housing through a realization of a masterplan and design of a housing complex. The thesis is project oriented and seeks to demonstrate how urban integrated explicit architectural approach to housing developments can be a key strategy to revitalize inner urban areas and address contemporary urban phenomenon - quality public open spaces and community facilities. Housing led urban regeneration to elucidate the complexity of urban conditions in fast growing cities like Addis Ababa can stimulate changes through a development of underperforming and degrading urban areas. Such kinds of redevelopments can also bring economic opportunities to local communities. Like other major African cities, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Kinshasa and Nairobi to name a few, the urbanization rate in the Ethiopian capital - Addis Ababa is also rapidly increasing making the city as one of the fastest transforming urban environments in the continent and hence the world. As a political and financial capital of the nation, the city continues to attract residents from all around the country which means the need for urgent response to the inevitable problems associated with urbanization is crucial. This exceptional degree of complexity and challenges of uncontrolled urban transformation in the main capital needs a different approach in terms of development strategy to enhance the urban and social fabric of the city. In this regard as an urban redevelopment scheme urban regeneration strategy can be considered as a convenient means to tackle critical issues of rapid urbanization particularly in declining inner-city neighborhoods and intensifying urban areas whilst being conscious of the existing social, environmental, demographic and urban conditions. With the intent of an initiative to reimagine and revitalize a major district in the inner-city with five distinct hubs along a strip of a main road, the idea of urban regeneration has therefore been welcomed by Ethiopia’s Land Bank and Development Corporation (LBDC)- a government enterprise engaged in property development and landholdings management. The proposed thesis is based on LBDC’s initiative and it aims to rectify current urban challenges through a realization of a masterplan and design a housing complex on a site selected on one of the five redevelopment hubs.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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Descrizione: The main objective of this project is to tackle problems of urbanization and inner-city revitalization issues in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with emphasis on housing. However, the scope is not limited to the provision of housing. It also aims to stir from the idea of housing as a separate and autonomous urban component and become proactive in the regeneration process and development of active city districts with an urban integrated architectural design approach.
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