Undergraduate Program

Architecture
Year Group- A&B _ 2009 Entry _ Semester-I
Academic Year: 2020/21

Course Title: Housing and Inner-city Redevelopment

Course No: ARCH 5331
Instructors: Biruk Kebede, Dula Alemu & Nardos Sileshi

Addis Ababa University – EiABC - Chair of Housing

Architecture Program
I Fifth Year I First Semester I

Academic year: 2020/21

Course Number: ARCH 5331
Course Title: Housing and Inner City Redevelopment
Prerequisite: ARCH 4322/Basic Urban Design
Credit Hours/ ECTS: 3/5
Working Hours: 4/week
Lectures: 2
Attendance Requirements: 85%
Teaching & Learning Methods: Studio work, field visits, assignments and supplementary
assignment

Course description:
Through a studio project, strategies and scenarios for on-site relocation and nearby-relocation of a target
population in an urban upgrading project will be studied. Similarly, strategies and scenarios for the
housing of relocated inhabitants in an inner-city urban renewal project will be explored. The studio will be
based on an existing inner city settlement. Key issues of housing such as: affordability, tenure, housing
actors and financing mechanism will be taken into consideration.

Course Objectives:
The objective of the course is to understand the relationship between housing and inner city
redevelopment through a practical studio work.

References
1. Title: - Improving the lives of slum dwellers
A Home in the City
Author: - United Nations Development Program, 2005

2. Title: Revisiting ``Slums``, Revealing

Responses; Urban Upgrading in tenant-
dominated inner-city settlements, in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
Author: - Dr. Elias Yitbarek Alemayehu

3. Title: Planning Sustainable Cities Global

report in human development
Author: - United Nations Human Settlement Program, 2009

Assessment/Evaluation & Grading System

Project work 60 %
Assignments 15 %
Written/Oral Examination 25%
Chair of Housing
Semester Schedule _ ARCH 5331I Academic Year 2020/21 I First semester

Week Day Date-Month Activities Required

 Introduction to the course
Week 01 & 02 Wed. Mar. 17, 2021  Group formation  Group formation;
 Selection of both group & class representatives o 1 studio: Max. 4 groups
 Introduction to Assignments I & II o 1 groups max. 6 students
 Assignment I discussion & evaluation per group  Assignment I:Table presentation
Week 03 Wed. Mar. 24, 2021  Discussion & consultation on assignment II
 Introduction to the semester project  Deliverable requirements I
 Project site allocation
 Introduction to deliverable requirements I
 Preparation for data collection
Week 04 Wed. Mar.31, 2021 Lecture 1: Supplementary lecture  Lecture
 Assignment II submission  Assignment II: submission
 consultation
Week 05 Wed. Apr. 07, 2021  consultation

Week 06 Wed. Apr. 14, 2021  consultation

Week 07 Wed. Apr. 21, 2021  Existing analysis presentation Presentation & submission
Week 08 Wed. Apr. 28, 2021 Introduction to second level of the project Lecture
Lecture 2: Supplementary lecture Deliverable requirements-2
 consultation
Week 09 Wed. May 12, 2021  consultation
Week 10 Wed. May 19, 2021  consultation
Week 11 Wed. May 26, 2021  consultation
Week 12 Wed. Jun. 02, 2021 Final project presentation (Proposal) Presentation & submission
Exam. period Jun. 10-14, 2021 Evaluation and written examination