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Nabweru north a
Structural plan concept
Kibirango Maurice
Kagoya Clara
Kisukiro Daniel
Kiggundu Frank
Kayondo Allan
Ndawula Mubalaka
Locationdistrict,
The site is located in Wakiso
Nansana Town
Council in Nabweru North
Nansana Town Council is
Wakiso District
UGANDA
Nansana-town
council
Proximity of the
site to the
Nabweru Sub- central
Country business
district
City
Site NANSANA Nabweru-North Center
Ward Site
The Site has the following
Limits;
Very few people actually own the land in this area. Most of the people are
illegal tenants.
Poor hygiene, waste disposal and water drainage methods.
Planning On Already Developed Land Lay Out Structure.
Increase In Crime Rates which hinders investment in this area.
High Garbage Rates That Override Services Available
It is difficult to access the areas inside the site area due to lack of access
roads and proper routes through the area.
EXISTING ACCESS ROADS AND PATHS
TRANSPORT Weaknesses
• Poor pedestrian
Strengths infrastructure, consumed
• Existence of two major by roadside market and
tarmacked roads (Bwaise- makeshift commercial
Nabweru Road ) south of the structures.
site and (Bwaise-Katoke Road) • Construction of buildings in
North of the site. zero proximity to the
• The city council policy of existing roads i.e.
tarmacking 2 Km of road every congestion of the
financial year. residential area.
• Narrow pathways and
roads become drainage
channels with deep
gullies.
• Majority of buildings have
no access to open spaces
or compounds.
• Some storm water drains
are maliciously blocked by
residents.
Our Proposal
Threats Provision of taxi stops and
proper waiting places along the
primary and secondary roads.
Provision of safer walk ways and
cycling lanes.
Pedestrians are forced to
Provision of Road signage such
walk along the vehicular
as pedestrian crossings, parking
road
signs to enhance road safety.
The ever growing
Provision of streetlights on
population in the area
primary and secondary roads.
might affect future planning
This would eliminate dark spots
of roads due to increased
which harbor crime.
encroachment on the
Provide proper drainage
planned areas.
channels on all roads.
Some permanent structures
Setting up od vehicular traffic
have been constructed on
zones, motor traffic zones and
areas which are supposed
pedestrian zones. The existing
to be road reserves.
nature of the roads makes it
possible
UTILITIES IN NABWERU
Power Supply • Solar that can be used in
house holds and street
Strengths Opportunities
•The biggest portion of the site
lamps
has access to hydro electricity
power.
Threats and Weaknesses
•Electric power is quite expensive for
most of the residents to use
extensively for all house chores.
•There are reported electricity theft
and illegal power connections in the
slum areas which at times result in
power blackouts, shocks and fire
outbreaks.
•Alternative sources like charcoal
pose an environmental threat in the
long run as the nearby forests are
constantly encroached
UTILITIES IN PROPOSALS
NABWERU • Joint ownership of pit
Waste Management latrines
Strengths Opportunities • Cesspool for multiple
There is a garbage families
collection arrangement by • Establishing an efficient
Nabweru town council decentralized garbage
collection systems
Threats and Weaknesses
• Encourage recycling of
• No sufficient system for
solid waste where
sorting garbage exists at
the moment
• Limited efforts on reducing
waste at source
• Limited involvement of
private sector and
communities in waste
management.
Community Participation In waste Management
• Since the largest cost factors in waste disposal are transport and
collection, reduction of the quantities, through early separation and
recycling, is a very effective means for achieving savings.
Weaknesses.
•Piped water is expensive thus some people
cannot afford it.
•The wells are only at the foot of the hill,
apparently there are no wells with in the site.
•Accessibility to the wells is hard especially
during the wet seasons as the area gets
slippery during rainy days.
•The lower end of the site where the wells are
located are vulnerable to contamination
especially as waste from the latrines and
bathrooms penetrate to the water table.
CIVIC LAND-USE
Strengths
Presence of the police post near the site.
Presence of the church and the nearby
mosque both constructed with
permanent materials.
Weaknesses
The available health center is Our Proposal
off the site and cannot fully Creating a community center which
serve the ever growing will include activities for all age
population. groups
The nearby schools are poorly Providing a health center on site to
located and lack green compliment the existing one which
spaces. can not support the current
There are no technical capacity.
schools which would help in Providing a well planned schools to
skilling the youth to reduce on replace the poorly located schools .
the current levels of Provision of a technical school to
unemployment. counteract the ever growing youth
Several community based unemployment due to lack of the
organizations that engage in required skills.
income generating activities
don’t have official places
where the potential members
in the community could use
when subscribing to a specific
association
Summary of Analysis
Economic activities
• Retail
Drainage
Main poles
Access and settlement
Activity spine
Junctions
MISSION STATEMENT
• To relieve the pressure and stacking of activity and housing along Buyinja road to
fully utilize the entire site with well organized housing.
• Through creating a skeleton community as opposed to a spinal one, we aim at
creating a cohesive community that will develop steadily and evenly as a whole.
• We also plan on bettering the traffic and road network within the site by availing
the residents with an effective and efficient network that does away with sudden
termination of roads, proving clear all access to housing, ease of navigation
without mazes and easily accessible public transportation.
• To improve on the standard of living of the residents with increased security within
the community.
• To improve on the general aesthetics of the site using green streets.
• Promote a variety of housing typologies that acknowledge the mobile nature of the
community. The needs of new and existing families and differing households among
different levels of affordability.
• To create a framework prioritising economic development and poverty is relieved
through education and training and the mobilisation of financial resources.
• To create a framework within which all parts of the planning area are desirable for
settlement.
Economic activities, skills, entrepreneurship proving pointers for the future.
• The various number of activity spines designed to accommodate small, medium and
micro enterprises were located with in the settlement.
• To create a community that emphasises connectivity both social and spatial.
encouraging social cohesion .i.e. through the road network, parks, nodes.
nodes
Interactive public spaces making the area economically and socially stable i.e. the
market days within open spaces of the community.
Buildings facing the street especially in corner shops encouraging passive
surveillance.
Green belts- planting trees on the neighbourhood streets to help define the edges
and shaded canopies.
Creation of multi layered spaces acting as play areas in the day and at night acting
as parking areas and encouraging interactions between neighbours.
Counter points of interest
Main roads
New activity
spines
Hierarchy of roads
Green streets
Stretch of streets
Land use
Canberra
No attempt has been taken by the government but however the residents have devised means
by recycling the garbage and putting it at use.
- Using polythene sacks to make drainage channels.
- Recycling plastic to make housing.
DESIGN IDEAS FOR DRARAVI
• VISION STATEMENT-promoting social and community
identity
- Creating a self-dependent and sustainable residential
community that promotes social identity for the inhabitants
of the site and its surrounding.(organic character)
- The idea stems from the key problems on site and the
community needs that include :
Poverty, Poor health and sanitation, Inadequate housing
facilities Inadequate security and safety.
2. Rocinha Urban Strategy
By arch; Kyle Beneventi
located in Rochina, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
• Bacia do Una plan was implemented according to the original proposal. The program
centered on sanitation, drainage, and street paving actions in the intervention area (The
action to solve this specific problem came in response to the inhabitants’ historical
demand)
• Cingapura/PROVER, São Paulo, it had the merit of initiating a type of intervention that
did not remove the favela from its place, keeping the dwellers in high-rise blocks built
on the site of their original residences.
• Overcoming resource constraints through community labour or financial contributions
• Enhancing sustainability by ensuring stakeholder ownership, and developing local
capacities.
challenges
• Poor living conditions; lacking many of the basic amenities
that constitute a healthy standard of living.
• Vernacular buildings, potentially hazardous on these steep
slopes.
• Congestion resulting in minimal ventilation and natural light
on the street level.
PLAN FOR THE FOR DEVELOPEMENT
Before After
Systematization of Huruma in-situ
housing upgrading project
Problems to solve:
The inequality of access to land in the city
Inadequate land for housing
Poverty and inability to construct proper housing.
20%
Partial demolition
46% No demolition
Total demolition
34%
Total demolition area criteria
• Temporary nature of structures
• Size of structure
• Distance from roads
• Obstruction of connectivity
• Importance of location of structure
Partial demolition area criteria
• Fragmentation of the structure
• Permanent or semi permanent nature of structure
• Varying importance of structures on a plot
No demolition area criteria
• Size of premises occupied
• Permanence of structure
• Size of structure
• Importance of structure to planning area and Nansana at
large
PLOT SIZES
• High density; standard minimum is 12x25m.
• The proposed plan has areas ranging from 16x21 – 26x28
• The people in the planning area however cannot afford plots
of the standard sizes as single individuals.
• Each of these plots is therefore subdivided into smaller
parts for 2-4 families to share. A plot therefore has parts
such as, Plot 123A, 123B and so on.
• The buildings on such plots are to be low-cost, compact
houses.
PLOT SIZES
• Medium density; standard minimum is 20x30m
• The proposed plan has sizes ranging from 22x27 - 35X34
• This too stems from the incapability of most people in the
area to afford that size of plot.
• These will be shared also by 2-8 families.
• Unlike the high density plots though, these will have some
provision for parking and buildings can rise as high as 1
storey.
PLOT SIZES
• Low density; standard minimum is 25x40m
• The proposed plan has sizes ranging from 21x31 – 36x42
• These are based on buildings that are already on site and
will not be demolished so the measurements are as is on
site.
• These are occupied by single families and may be as high as
1 storey.
PLOT DEMARCATION
• The homes are oriented such that they share • The homes are congested which brings up
courtyards which eases sharing of plots when issues of poor sanitation
designing for a number of homes
• Some are of temporary structure
• This housing is predominantly along the roads
therefore providing efficient access to the plots
Intervention
Medium
density
50%
Mixed use housing
1.
2.
• The building is 1 level where the front is • It’s a 2 level building with the ground floor being
commercial and the tenant can live in the commercial and 1st floor being residential.
back • Total floor area of 96sq meters
• Total floor area of 90sq meters • Accommodates 2 families about 12 persons
• Accommodates about 2 persons • Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a
• Will have a shop,1 bedroom, a kitchenate and toilet with shower
a toilet with shower
COMMERCIAL:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Presence of access roads facilitates the • Poor sanitation from waste disposal and
commerce poor drainage
Intervention
• Setting in place an efficient and effective waste
disposal/management system
• Designing a proper drainage system for both
storm water and sewerage.
INDUSTRIAL:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Employment opportunities to area for the • Noise pollution as its within residential
residents areas
Intervention
• Setting in place an efficient and effective waste
disposal/management system
INSTITUTIONS:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Existence of a church and mosque caters for the • The health center 3 is however not adequate
residents religious needs and enhances community for the entire population being planned for
cohesion
• The schools on site are also inadequate, limited
• The health center 3 though off-site renders health to one level of education
care to the residents to better the quality of life
Intervention
Considerations:
• Essentially linking the local level government
officers with the residents for mobilisation
• Enforcing an efficient collection time table
• Adequate sensitisation and training of the
community
• Possible provision of waste bags
• Subsidise the collection fees by the town council
Legend
- Primary collection points
ThANK you
Site Turn table
References
• The Woonerf Concept “Rethinking a Residential Street in
Somerville”
• Site planning and development hand book
• Uganda National Roads Authority Act 2006
• Chapter 350; Access to roads act