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Restructuring of spontaneous neighbourhoods, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1979-2005)

Restructuring of spontaneous neighbourhoods, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1979-2005)

Part of

People

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

Title

Restructuring of spontaneous neighbourhoods, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1979-2005)

Dates of creation

1960-2005

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

  • 1.88 l.m. of textual records
  • 352 photographic materials
  • 124 postcards
  • 49 maps
  • 1 videocassette

Scope and Content

This project series predominantly consists of material related to Coen Beeker's involvement in the restructuring of a spontaneous neighbourhood in Ouagadougou, between the 1980s and early 2000s. Beeker acted as principal technical advisor for the collaboration program between the Ministère des Infrastructures de l'habitat et de l'urbanisme of Burkina Faso, the Ambassy of The Netherlands in Burkina Faso, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam). The project series consists predominantly of textual records, including project reports, correspondence, and a student thesis, as well as aerial photographs, maps of the Ouagadougou area, and a recording of a documentary on Ouagadougou.

Reference Number

CD035.S1.1979.PR01

Arrangement

Materials in this project series are organized according to their original arrangment.

Location

Burkina Faso

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.001.1
    • Title: Cadastral plans and survey maps of the Ouagadougou suburban areas, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1982-1997
    • Form: maps, textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 4

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / BOBO DIOUK / CARTES / PLANS / PHOTOS AÉR. / 1978-2005". Contains also studies reports on the road networks, on the air pollution in Ouagadougou, a developement plans for Ouagadougou neighbourhoods and some aerial photographs.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 65 maps
    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Related units of description:

    • The group previously contained aerial photographs. They were removed and stored separatly for preservation purpose. See CD035.S1.SS1.001.2.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-001-01/02

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.001.2
    • Title: Aerial photographs of the Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1979
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / BOBO DIOUK / CARTES / PLANS / PHOTOS AÉR. / 1978-2005". Contains oversized aerial photographs of the Ouagadougou area and suburbs.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 22 photographs

    Dimensions:

    23 x 28 cm

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Related units of description:

    • The photographs were previously stored with the material in catalogued as CD035.S1.SS1.001.1 but were stored separately for preservation purpose.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-007-002

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.002
    • Title: Reports and evaluations of the spontaneous neighourhood in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1979-1999
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / AMENAGEMENT / QUARTIERS / SPONTANÉES / ÉTUDES / ÉVALUATIONS / (A) / 1979-2005". Also includes thesis an reports from students of Coen Beeker.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.1 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-001-03/04

    Objects that have been catalogued:

      • ARCH279643
      • Map of proposed restructuring by René Van Veen for Nossin neighbourhood, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
      • Form: maps, drawings
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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.003
    • Title: Reports and evaluations of the spontaneous neighourhood in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1988-2005
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / AMENAGEMENT / QUARTIERS / SPONTANÉES / ÉTUDES / ÉVALUATIONS / (B) / 1979-2005". Also includes thesis an reports from students of Coen Beeker.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.1 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-001-05/06

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.004.1
    • Title: Various reports on social and economic environment of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1986-2003
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled: "BEEKER / BURKINA FASO / DIVERS / 1979-2005". Also includes copies of orders from Burkina Faso government for the land developpement and an example of a form for land attribution request.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Related units of description:

    • Group separated from the CD035.S1.SS1.004.2 for rehousing purpose.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-001-007

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.004.2
    • Title: Various reports on social and economic environment of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1988-2004
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled: "BEEKER / BURKINA FASO / DIVERS / 1979-2005".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Related units of description:

    • Group separated from the CD035.S1.SS1.004.1 for rehousing purpose.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-002-001

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.005.1
    • Title: Reports by Coen Beeker on the urban planning of Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1978-1990
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 4

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.13 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in three folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Related units of description:

    • The group previously contained aerial photographs. They were removed and stored separatly for preservation purpose. See CD035.S1.SS1.005.2

    Folder Number:

    CD035-002-02to04

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.005.2
    • Title: Aerial photographs of the Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1978
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 5

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 58 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 27 x 20 cm sheet (largest): 24 x 30 cm

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Related units of description:

    • The photographs were previously stored with the material in catalogued as CD035.S1.SS1.005.1 but were stored separately for preservation purpose.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-007-001

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.006
    • Title: Survey maps of the Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 2000
    • Form: maps
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / SDAV 2000 / HASKOOING" / 1983-1985". Includes maps for the aerial photographs shoots, maps of vacants and occupied lots and maps of infrastructure for wateraccess and electricity.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 19 folded maps

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-002-005

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.007
    • Title: Official reports on the restructuring of the spontaneous neighbourhoods of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1986-2001
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / PAGO / PCVBO / (SUPPLEMENT) / 1985-2001". Includes a copy of the agreement for the restructuring of the spontaneous neighbourhoods of the City of Ouagadougou, feasability studies, and activities reports.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.12 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-002-06to07

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.008
    • Title: Official reports on the restructuring of the spontaneous neighbourhoods of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1997-2001
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 2

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / SDAU / PAGO 2010 / 1992-2010". Includes activities reports, and general layout presentation reports.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.11 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-003-01to02

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.009
    • Title: Official reports on the restructuring of the spontaneous neighbourhoods of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1996-2006
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / SDAU / PAGO 2010 / 1992-2010". Includes activities reports, and general layout presentation reports.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.08 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-003-03to04

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.010
    • Title: Activities reports on the urban development of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1995-2001
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 3

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / PVCBO / RAPPORTS / 1992-2005". Includes activities reports for the "Projet Villages-Centres/Banlieue de Ouagadougou" (PVCBO).

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.09 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-003-05to06

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.011
    • Title: Maps and plans for the urban development of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1990-2005
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 5

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / SABO / PVCBO / CARTES / PLANS / 1990-2005". Contains maps for the "Projet Villages-Centres/Banlieue de Ouagadougou" (PVCBO) and general plans for surburds of Ouagadougou.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.09 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-004-01to04

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.012
    • Title: Study reports for the urban development of suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1992-2005
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / PVCBO / ÉTUDES RAPPORTS / 1992-2005". Includes students interships report on the "Projet Villages-Centres/Banlieue de Ouagadougou" (PVCBO), progress reports and official reports on the land occupancy of the suburbs areas of Ouagadougou.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.09 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-004-03/04

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.013
    • Title: Activities reports on the urban development of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1995-1996
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / PVCBO / RAPPORTS D'ACTIVITÉ / 1995-1996".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.12 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-004-05/06

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.014
    • Title: Activities reports on the urban development of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1997-1998
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / PVCBO / RAPPORTS D'ACTIVITÉ / 1997-1998".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.06 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-005-01to02

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.015
    • Title: Activities reports on the urban development of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1999-2000
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / PVCBO / RAPPORT D'ACTIVITÉS / 1999-2000".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.1 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-005-03to04

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.016
    • Title: Reports on infrastructures in suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1979, 1992-2000
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / OUAGA / INFRASTRUCTURE / 1979-2005". Includes study report and feasibility study on infrastructure in Ouagadougou suburbs, such as water access and waste management infrastructures.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.08 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-005-05to06

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.017
    • Title: Maps and plans for the urban development of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1984-2002
    • Form: maps, textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "KAARTEN / SDAU '84 / SABO / SNAT / B.F. / 1:100 000 / GRAND OUA / SDAGO". Also ncludes correspondence related to the maps.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 maps
    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-005-007

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.018
    • Title: Studies of the urban redevelopement project of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1978-1987
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-005-008

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.019
    • Title: Report "Stratégie d'aménagement du Grand Ouaga", November 1993.
    • Dates of creation: 1993
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-006-001

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.020
    • Title: Reference material on Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1987-2002
    • Form: textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / DIVERS / OUAGADOUGOU". Includes documentation on laws and regulation of Burkina Faso and Ouagadougou concerning urban planning and housing.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 photographs
    • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-006-02to03

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.021
    • Title: Postcards and photographs of architecture in Africa
    • Dates of creation: 1990s-2005
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a binder labelled "AA / ansichtkaarten / en foto's".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 124 postcards
    • 33 photographs

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-006-04to05

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.022
    • Title: Reference material on affordable building material
    • Dates of creation: 1960s-1980s
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a binder labelled "BAUSTOFF / BUILDING MATERIALS".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.07 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-006-006

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.023
    • Title: Reference material on land tenure and property rights for developing countries
    • Dates of creation: 1977
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Bound photocopy of the publication "Urban Land Tenure and Property Rights in Developing Countries: A Review" by Geoffrey Payne.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-006-010

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.024
    • Title: Studies of the urban redevelopement project of the suburbs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1978-1987
    • Form: textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Also includes land development scheme for Ouagoudou suburbs, Koubri.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 16 photographs
    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-006-008

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.025
    • Title: Aerial photographs of the Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1988
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 41 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 24 x 25 cm

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-007-003

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.026
    • Title: Reference material, articles and press clippings on the urban planning of Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1990-2005
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / AFRIKA / VARIA / ARTIKELEN / EVALATIES / 1979-2010". Contains also copies of agreements, copies correspondence with ambassador of Netherlands in Burkina Faso, reports and urban plannnig shemes for Ouagadougou for the 2000s.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-008-001

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.027
    • Title: Aerial photographs of the Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1979
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Also contains the aerial survey maps.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 18 photographs

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-007-005

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.028
    • Title: Maps and aerial photographs of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1979-2000
    • Form: maps
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Previously rolled in a container labelled "OUAGA 1:15.000 / SATELIET FOTO". Contains maps of the Ouagadougou area, aerial photograph of the Wagadougou neighbourhood, and a satellite photographs of Ouagadougou dated June 2000.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 maps
    • 1 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 30 x 38,8 cm sheet (largest): 99 x 122 cm

    Physical Description:

    The documents are rolled.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.029
    • Title: Videocassette of a documentary on Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1987
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 VHS

    Physical Description:

    Specialized equipment required for playback.

    Conditions governing access:

    • Access by appointment only. Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for access. Researchers may request access by contacting Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-012-003

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.030
    • Title: Photographs of spontaneous neighbourhoods of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1990s
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 83 photographs
    • 10 slides

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-012-004

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.031
    • Title: Reports, maps and photographs of the Ouagadougou suburbs restructuring project, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1980-2006
    • Form: maps, textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 3

    People:

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

    Description:

    Also contains maps and photographs Ouagadougou, and photocopies of articles written by Coen Beeker on Ouagadougou, including the article "Au Revoir Tunis, Ouaga, Port Sudan, Addis Ababa" on his projects in Tunisia, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Sudan.

    Reports and photographic material include work of the Brigade Topographique Burkinabé, a private agency that had been commissioned to distribute the stones that were used to mark a plot for the spatial redesign of the Wagadogo and Nossin districts, later also in Tampouy.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.05 l.m. of textual records
    • 92 photographs
    • 15 maps

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-012-05to06

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: CD035.S1.1979.PR01.032
    • Title: Structure scheme for the urban planning of Ouagadougou suburbs by Haskoning, Burkina Faso
    • Dates of creation: 1983-1984
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    Contains three spiral bound volumes of proposals for the restructuring of the suburbs of Ouagadougou by the firm Haskoning. Also contains site analysis maps of Ouagadougou.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Credit line:

    When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
    Coen Beeker Collection
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Gift of African Architecture Matters
    When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

    Folder Number:

    CD035-013-01to02

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