Urban planning projects

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• Collection: Coen Beeker Collection, 1978-2006
•    Series: Urban planning projects, 1978-2005

People

• African Architecture Matters (archive creator)
• Coen Beeker (archive creator)

Title

Urban planning projects

Dates of creation

1978-2005

Level of archival description

Series

Extent and Medium

• 1.95 l.m. of textual records
• 309 photographic materials
• 124 postcards
• 90 maps
• 1 videocassette

Scope and Content

The series documents Coen Beeker's urban planning projects in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Sudan between the 1980s to the early 2000s. The four porjects documented are: the restructuring of spontaneous neighbourhoods in Ouagadougou (1979-2005) and in Bobo-Dioulasso (1989-1993), Burkina Faso; the restructuring of a suburban area in Port Sudan, Sudan (ca. 1988); and the urban field development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1991-2004).

The series consists mostly of documents related to Beeker's project in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, such as activities reports, correspondence, maps, and aerial photographs. The series also includes a few documents related to his projects in Bobo-Dioulasso, Port Sudan and Addis Ababa.

Reference Number

CD035.S1

Arrangement

The series is arranged chronologically by urban planning projects.

Location

Ethiopia

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