Revitalizing Riverbank Informal Settlements

Urban Integration & Revitalization of the Bulbula River

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

M.X. van Eijs Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

N.J. Amorim Mota Public Building and Housing Design (mentor)
F.R. Schnater Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
H.A.F. Mooij Public Building and Housing Design (graduation committee member)
E. Louw Land Development - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Vanessa Grossman Public Building and Housing Design (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

09-07-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This graduation booklet shows the work that is done during the ‘Global Housing Graduation Studio: Addis Ababa Living Lab’. The goal of this project was to research and design housing solutions to improve the livelihood of Addis Ababa’s urban dwellers. Currently, Addis Ababa is facing the problems which are caused by the ongoing rapid urbanization. One of these problems, and the focus of my graduation project, is the degradation of the rivers and riverbanks. This project proposes a rehabilitation of the riverbank informal settlements of Addis Ababa, as well as implements a strategy to increase the density of the city which also takes into account the existing inhabitants of these riverbanks and offers them a dwelling type that fits their traditional way of life.