Building Trust
preserving an inclusive Addis Ababa
R.W. van Vliet (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
N.J. Mota – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
Frank Schnater – Mentor (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
H.A.F. Mooij – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
Vanessa Grossman – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
H Zijlstra – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Heritage & Design)
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Abstract
Ethiopia is a flourishing country with a rapidly growing economy and population. This is one of the reasons why the capital Addis Ababa is increasingly urbanizing. Due to the free market only providing housing for high incomes, many households live in poor conditions. In addition, these private developments are often built as gated communities out of fear of insecurity and resulting in segregation. This segregation is further enhanced by the government's Integrated Housing Development Program (IHDP), which realizes subsidized housing for middle and low incomes, but by doing so it also segregates these groups. While Addis Ababa has traditionally been an integrated city with an inclusive society, which is still of great importance for the living standard of especially low-income people. This research offers an alternative design for the current scheme of the IHDP and proposes a mixed-income neighborhood whereby stimulating mutual trust between residents through the built environment is central to the project.