A Framework for Resilient Communities: An alternative strategy to the current affordable housing developments for the urban poor in suburban Mumbai.

Housing projects being developed in the future, must challenge the previous problematic development trends built on efficiency in the past. In order to do so, Jan Bredenoord, Paul Van Lindert and Peer Smets state, within their book ‘Affordable Housing in the Global Urban South: Seeking Sustainable Solutions’, that new communities being developed...

Condominium 3.0: Reinventing Addis Ababa’s Mass Housing Projects for the City and it’s Low-Income Dwellers

The project is a part of the Global Dwelling studio in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The focus of the studio is on Affordable Housing for the Global Urban South. This project looks to continue with the current method of affordable housing in Addis Ababa in the form of mass housing condominiums. These developments are appearing in huge numbers across...