This seminar presented by Oulimata Gueye looks at projects that were to be developed in the middle of the twentieth century, using the African continent as a laboratory for architectural and urban research and innovation. It also considers African initiatives aimed at giving Africans back control over their vision of housing, technology, and economic and social(...)
27 July 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
UFA, Université des Futurs Africains 2. It Matters What Stories We Tell to Tell Other Stories of the Future
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This seminar presented by Oulimata Gueye looks at projects that were to be developed in the middle of the twentieth century, using the African continent as a laboratory for architectural and urban research and innovation. It also considers African initiatives aimed at giving Africans back control over their vision of housing, technology, and economic and social(...)
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CD037.S5
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This series consists of the Institut für Tropenbau's (Institute for Tropical Building) slide collection on buildings in tropical climates, from the1960s to 2000s. The slides are organized alphabetically by the country documented. The series also includes an inventory of the slides used by the staff members of the Institut to access the slide collection. The inventory arranges the slides alphabetically by country and each slide is numbered.
1960s-2012
Institute of Tropical Building slide collection
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CD037.S5
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This series consists of the Institut für Tropenbau's (Institute for Tropical Building) slide collection on buildings in tropical climates, from the1960s to 2000s. The slides are organized alphabetically by the country documented. The series also includes an inventory of the slides used by the staff members of the Institut to access the slide collection. The inventory arranges the slides alphabetically by country and each slide is numbered.
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1960s-2012
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Research library
CD037.S6
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This series includes the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building) research library inventory used by the staff members of the Institut to access the reference library. It contains a first series of index cards organizing the publications alphabetically by author, a second series of index cards organizing the publications by assigned numbers (based on the numbering system of the Deutsche Dezimalklassifikation), and a third series of index cards organizing the publications by country. The series also includes a bound copy of the inventory organized by the assigned number.
1960s-1990s
Research library
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CD037.S6
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This series includes the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building) research library inventory used by the staff members of the Institut to access the reference library. It contains a first series of index cards organizing the publications alphabetically by author, a second series of index cards organizing the publications by assigned numbers (based on the numbering system of the Deutsche Dezimalklassifikation), and a third series of index cards organizing the publications by country. The series also includes a bound copy of the inventory organized by the assigned number.
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1960s-1990s
archives
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Kiran Mukerji Collection
CD038
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The Kiran Mukerji collection contains Kiran Mukerji’s research material on building and design technologies for affordable housing, which consists mostly of publications, and a few textual records the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building).
1972-2013
Kiran Mukerji Collection
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CD038
Synopsis:
The Kiran Mukerji collection contains Kiran Mukerji’s research material on building and design technologies for affordable housing, which consists mostly of publications, and a few textual records the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building).
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1972-2013
maps, textual records
CD035.S1.1991.PR01.005
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Includes copies of the articles "Access to an urban field in Ethiopia" by Coen Beeker" and Urban Fields in Africa: Access to the urban environment in Addis Abeba and Ouagagougou". Also includes reference material on urbanism in Ethiopia.
1988-2000
Maps and article by Coen Beeker on Addis Ababa urban field development project, Ethiopia
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CD035.S1.1991.PR01.005
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Includes copies of the articles "Access to an urban field in Ethiopia" by Coen Beeker" and Urban Fields in Africa: Access to the urban environment in Addis Abeba and Ouagagougou". Also includes reference material on urbanism in Ethiopia.
maps, textual records
1988-2000
articles
22 December 2017
Coen Beeker’s Approach to Participation in Ouagadougou
Text by Philippe Genois-Lefrançois
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Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
15 November 2024 to 30 March 2025
Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries
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Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
ARCH279641
1978
Photocopy of aerial photographs of a suburban area of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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ARCH279642
ca. 1978
Photocopy of aerial photographs of asuburban area of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Map of proposed restructuring by René Van Veen for Nossin neighbourhood, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
ARCH279643
1982