An Architecture of Enablement
A Participatory Housing Process for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Z.M. Shia (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
N.J. Amorim Mota – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
Frank Schnater – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
Harald Mooij – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
Vanessa Grossman – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
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Abstract
An Architecture of Enablement documents the design of a participatory housing system in the context of Addis Ababa. It represents the first application of the principles put forward in Patterns of Participation. It focuses on formulating a new standard of housing applicable city-wide, perhaps even nation-wide rather than a particular, site-specific piece of architecture. It confronts real-life issues head on, offering an alternative to the existing mode of mass housing in Addis Ababa.