Dakar’s urban population is exploding with an annual growth rate of 2.5% and an urbanisation rate of 97.2%. This massive urban expansion leads to overpopulation and construction in restricted areas, creating illegal slums without planned infrastructure including proper drainage and sewage systems. Currently, 2.5 million people are without sufficient sanitation services and infrastructure cannot keep up with the population. The lack of current proper infrastructure networks and adequate services in secondary cities is contributing to increased migration from rural areas to the capital, adding to deteriorating living conditions for the poor and straining the limited technical and financial capacity of municipal and metropolitan authorities. In order to analyse the context of the community, the IMM methodology was applied, which analyses the city through the different elements that create the morphology, identifying the weaknesses. A targeted intervention that acts on these weak points generates a local transformation that influences the global scale by improving the complex urban system. The IMM methodology is divided into three phases: preliminary analysis, development of pilot projects and, finally, retrofitting which analyses the effectiveness of the project. The project is located at the end of the second phase, and it aims to verify their applicability and adapt them to the intervention area. The main idea of applying the strategies is uplifting/optimise the five major subsystems, to improve the overall performance of the Complex adaptive system (CAS). This process concretely improves the living conditions of the community. The core of the project is to provide a low-cost sustainable modular housing solution that can act as a catalyser for the housing crisis currently being faced by Dakar. The improvement of technical knowledge and the creation of a new reference point inside the area increases the social integration of the community and, in particular, of young people, which are one of the weakest categories. The recycling and reuse of materials are the pillars of the project activity. The project, therefore, not only uplifts the intervention area but provides a framework for the overall regeneration of the city's urban realm.
La popolazione urbana di Dakar sta esplodendo con un tasso di crescita annuo del 2,5% e un tasso di urbanizzazione del 97,2%. Questa grande espansione urbana porta alla sovrappopolazione e alla costruzione in aree riservate, creando baraccopoli illegali senza infrastrutture pianificate, compresi adeguati sistemi di drenaggio e fognature. Attualmente, 2,5 milioni di persone sono senza servizi igienico-sanitari sufficienti e le infrastrutture non possono stare al passo con la popolazione. La mancanza di attuali reti infrastrutturali adeguate e servizi adeguati nelle città secondarie sta contribuendo ad aumentare la migrazione dalle aree rurali alla capitale, aumentando il deterioramento delle condizioni di vita dei poveri e mettendo a dura prova la limitata capacità tecnica e finanziaria delle autorità municipali e metropolitane. Al fine di analizzare il contesto della comunità, è stata applicata la metodologia IMM, che analizza la città attraverso i diversi elementi che creano la morfologia, identificandone le debolezze. Un intervento mirato che agisce su questi punti deboli genera una trasformazione locale che influenza la scala globale migliorando il complesso sistema urbano. La metodologia IMM è divisa in tre fasi: analisi preliminare, sviluppo di progetti pilota e, infine, il retrofitting che analizza l’efficacia del progetto. Il progetto si trova al termine della seconda fase e mira a verificarne l'applicabilità e l'adattamento all'area di intervento. L'idea principale di applicare le strategie è elevare/ottimizzare i cinque sottosistemi principali, per migliorare le prestazioni complessive del Complex adaptive system (CAS). Questo processo migliora concretamente le condizioni di vita della comunità. Il nucleo del progetto è fornire una soluzione abitativa modulare sostenibile a basso costo che possa fungere da catalizzatore per la crisi abitativa attualmente affrontata da Dakar. Il miglioramento delle conoscenze tecniche e la creazione di un nuovo punto di riferimento all’interno dell’area aumentano l’integrazione sociale della comunità e, in particolare, dei giovani, che sono una delle categorie più deboli. Il riciclaggio e il riutilizzo dei materiali sono i pilastri dell'attività del progetto. Il progetto, quindi, non solo eleva l'area di intervento, ma fornisce un quadro per la rigenerazione complessiva dell'area urbana della città.
Informal the new normal. The new image of Dakar
AGARWAL, ABHAY;HASSANI, MOJTABA;SPADIJER, DUSAN
2020/2021
Abstract
Dakar’s urban population is exploding with an annual growth rate of 2.5% and an urbanisation rate of 97.2%. This massive urban expansion leads to overpopulation and construction in restricted areas, creating illegal slums without planned infrastructure including proper drainage and sewage systems. Currently, 2.5 million people are without sufficient sanitation services and infrastructure cannot keep up with the population. The lack of current proper infrastructure networks and adequate services in secondary cities is contributing to increased migration from rural areas to the capital, adding to deteriorating living conditions for the poor and straining the limited technical and financial capacity of municipal and metropolitan authorities. In order to analyse the context of the community, the IMM methodology was applied, which analyses the city through the different elements that create the morphology, identifying the weaknesses. A targeted intervention that acts on these weak points generates a local transformation that influences the global scale by improving the complex urban system. The IMM methodology is divided into three phases: preliminary analysis, development of pilot projects and, finally, retrofitting which analyses the effectiveness of the project. The project is located at the end of the second phase, and it aims to verify their applicability and adapt them to the intervention area. The main idea of applying the strategies is uplifting/optimise the five major subsystems, to improve the overall performance of the Complex adaptive system (CAS). This process concretely improves the living conditions of the community. The core of the project is to provide a low-cost sustainable modular housing solution that can act as a catalyser for the housing crisis currently being faced by Dakar. The improvement of technical knowledge and the creation of a new reference point inside the area increases the social integration of the community and, in particular, of young people, which are one of the weakest categories. The recycling and reuse of materials are the pillars of the project activity. The project, therefore, not only uplifts the intervention area but provides a framework for the overall regeneration of the city's urban realm.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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