A Place for Informality: Designing cities for the informal using formal market driven systems

One of the most striking things bout the city of Mumbai, and more specifically Nalasopara, is the conflict visible between the formal and informal natures of the city. In a city where informal work and precarious lifestyles, are becoming ever more common, with currently 81% of india’s ecmonmy in the informal sector, the systems used to house...

Infill city: An urban renewal strategy for housing in Addis Ketema

Addis Ababa is undergoing rapid and radical changes due to population growth and urbanisation. This forces the government to respond to the cities needs, for now mainly on infrastructure and housing. Also Addis Ketema, an inner city neighbourhood known for its commerce and market, is under pressure of development. These changes have proven to be...

An Integrated Strategic Framework for the Urban Development of Favela Dique da Vila Gilda in Santos, Brazil

Favela Dique da Vila Gilda is located in a complex region, having large areas of valuable natural environments which are put under pressure by the rapid urbanization processes. The slum areas in the region, among other Vila Gilda, are together with the industrial areas the main polluters of the environments. In turn, this is also affecting the...

Integrated Integrative Infrastructure: The local dimension of metropolitan mobility systems in São Paulo: An exploration of the planning and design of sustainable nodes of mobility and their impact on local spatial qualities

Research: (1) Exploring the role of infrastructure in transforming the metropolitan region of São Paulo into a sustainable metropolitan environment by utilizing the existing infrastructure as a backbone for future economic, environmental and social development. (2) Exploring the opportunity of infrastructure as a key strategy for the inclusion...

Architectural Intervention Into Unplanned Settlement And Informal Use

Project in the studio of Border Conditions. A proposal for a reconfigurable and transformable low-tech building system for the Cañada Real Galiana in Madrid. The project consist of small building units, used for market, climbing and habitat. The structures are made out of recycled wood. The project is fixes in the Cañada Real Galiana, a strip of...

Revitalization of the Baixa de Maputo (Mozambique) through dense informal housing

The heart of the Baixa de Maputo, the place where the city originated from and which now is both the historical centre and part of the Maputo CBD, is under threat of 1.) further deterioration (socially and physically); 2.) losing its identity to the rapid growth of large scale real estate development and 3.) the quickly expanding number of cars...

Spatial transformation // from public to collective space //

Graduation Project at studio Border Conditions. A research on the human perception towards the awareness to its surrounding. In direct combination with the informal (post-Soviet) commercial developments and Western influences of commerce. This results to a complex shopping center in Odessa, Ukraine. Creating unique spaces for informal,...

Informal Territory in Public Space: A private seat in the streets of New York

Problem Statement. Today in the dense city of New York, every square meter is regulated by government. Their top-down method of city planning is driven by money, in which the use of public space has become restricted by an increasing amount of imposing rules. They have caused more barriers between the city and its residents and strongly...