Anchored through Time

Addis Ababa is undergoing a fast trend of densification as people seek for job opportunities and rural to urban migration is occurring. Analysing the new developments in the city and the existing situation of the informal settlements, the project addresses a found balance between the two entities. The project introduces the implementation of the...

An urban transit zone: A permanent structure for temporary inhabitation

In developing cities across the globe, as in Addis Ababa, the number of residents is growing while the amount of good-quality housing remains low. The demand for low-income housing is rising rapidly due to the contemporary aim to eliminate the unhealthy living conditions and the influx of migrants. Without newcomers a city would not be able to...

Bridging the Communities for the Better Future

This new affordable mass housing project on the river provides social and public spaces to the undeveloped river valley communities but at the same time accommodate the increasing population in the city of Addis Ababa. The building urban strategies provide partial closed sewer system with ecological flood resilience. The sustainable choice of...