Architectural Guide Contents Vol.

1
Sub-Saharan ­Africa
ISBN 978-3-86922-400-8 (7 vols.)
Foreword Nnamdi Elleh 8
Edited by Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai
Introduction: Architectural Guide Sub-Saharan ­Africa
Berlin: DOM publishers, 2021 Philipp Meuser, Adil Dalbai  10

1 Theorising African Architecture Philipp Meuser  22

2 Questioning African Architecture Adil Dalbai  96

3 Teaching African Architecture Livingstone Mukasa  124

Towards a Theory of African Architecture

­ ukasa, Philipp Meuser 
Adil Dalbai, Livingstone M 148

4 Past Awareness: History and ­Heritage Adil Dalbai  156

History Matters: Authenticity and Cultural Guardianship

Johan Lagae  160
Theorising Complexity: Five Commonalties in African Architecture
Garth Myers  166
Retracing Memory: A Humanist Approach to Architecture
Mphethi Morojele  168
Heritage Now: Taking Ownership of the Canon
Edward Ihejirika  170
African Modernities: Indigenous Elites, Colonialism, and Architecture
Antoni Folkers  172
Reclaiming the Past: Our Heritage, Our Cultures, Our Future
Luyanda Mpahlwa  178
Redeeming Heritage: Engendering a Fifth Age in African Architecture
Godson Egbo  184

5 Popular Edifices: Traditional ­Knowledge and the Vernacular Adil Dalbai  186

Modern Vernacular: Theorising Popular Architecture

Peter A. Makachia  190
Intentional Ephemerality: Unwritten Architectural Theory in Africa
Warebi Gabriel Brisibe  194
Scaling Microtecture: From the Primitive Hut to Vernacular Technology
DK Osseo-Asare  196
Vernacular Sustainability: Examples from Ethiopia and Eritrea
Naigzy Gebremedhin  199
Everyday Originals: Between Iconic and Vernacular Architecture
Iga Perzyna, Marie Morel, Berend van der Lans, Antoni Folkers  202
Unrelenting Change: Architecture, Modernism, and Identity
Franco Frescura  208
Indigenous Knowledge: Communities and Innovation in Africa
Orders: www.dom-publishers.com/en Linda Felix Mampuru  211
 6 Architectural Identity: ­Style and ­Authenticity Adil Dalbai  212 9 Taking Charge: ­Agency and ­Architectural ­Practice Adil Dalbai  280

Authentically African: The Search for Appropriate Architecture A New Paradigm: Ethics and Architecture for an African Environment
Samuel Óghale Oboh  216 José Forjaz  284
Othering Africa: The Trouble with ‘African Architecture’ Architecture’s Input: The Project of Decolonialisation
Mariam Kamara  218 Helder Pereira, Coral Gillett  288
Affording Authenticity: Thoughts on African Architecture Which ‘Theory’? An African Stance on Theorising Architecture
Ola Uduku  220 Roger C. Fisher  290
From Wakanda to Benin: Restoration, Representation, and Architecture Theorising Experience: A Neohumanist Perspective
Peter Probst  222 Yashaen Luckan  293
State House: Reading Statehood through Metaphors of Home Appropriate Modernity: About African Contemporary Architecture
Julia Gallagher  224 Benno Albrecht  294
Symbolic Hierarchies: Spatial Representations in African Architecture Form and Process: Some Notes for an Architect in Africa
Phill Mashabane  228 Mick Pearce  296
Hybrid Solutions: African Architecture and Identities Project Africa: Very Minor Thoughts on Architecture and Power
Mahmoud Keldi  230 Anna Nnenna Abengowe  298

7 Diverse Settings: Social and ­Spatial Contexts Adil Dalbai  232 10 Within and Without: Global ­Perspectives and the Diaspora Adil Dalbai  300

African Cities: From Disruption to Mutation Double Bind: Thinking Theory and Africa
David Adjaye  236 Vikramāditya Prakāsh  304
Building Commons: An Inventory of a Kampala Neighbourhood Transnational Tactics: A View from across the Indian Ocean
Francis Kéré  240 Amit Srivastava, Peter Scriver  306
Make it Funky: Imagery, Resourcefulness, Syncopation Indigenous Identities: Australian and African Architectural Experiences
Philip Freelon  242 Elizabeth Grant, Scott Heyes  310
Africanising Education: Challenges Inherent in Teaching Architecture in Africa Jamaican Yards: Spatial Construct of the African Diaspora
Epée Ellong  244 Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis  314
Seeing South: ‘African’ Architecture and Spatial Justice From Africa to the Diaspora: Toward a Theory of (Pan-)African Architecture
Iain Low  246 Charles L. Davis II  316
Cosmopolitan Localism: Architecture of Discoveries Afrocentric Architecture: From Theory to Design
Jacopo Galli  250 David Hughes  320
Urban Polyrhythms: Layered Patterns and ­Programmes for Architecture Revealing Patterns: Ten Principles of Black Cultural Design
Donna L. Cohen  252 Jack Travis  324

8 Constructing Narratives: Voices and ­Representations Adil Dalbai  254 Appendix  328

Balancing Processes: An African Theory of Architecture Bibliography  330

Christian Benimana  258
Maps  366
Finding a Vocabulary: Power Implications of Architectural Language
Tomà Berlanda  260 Index of African Places  380
Many Africas: Devising New Terminologies and Structures Index of Architects  388
Joe Osae-Addo  264 Index of Other Key Persons  402
Decolonising the Canon: Imagined Histories and Alternative Frameworks Authors and Contributors  408
Michelle Apotsos  266
Acknowledgements  413
Architecture’s Other: Africa in Flux
Edward Denison  270 Editors  415
Failed Continent? Representations of Africa
René Boer  273
Perceiving Futures: Towards an Afro-Imaginary
Mario Gooden  278
 Vol. 2: Western Africa:
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel

p. 142 Introduction Philipp Meuser, Adil Dalbai  9

Mauritania p. 198

p. 12 Mali
CV ­Cabo ­Verde  12
Cabo Verde

• Introduction Ana Vaz Milheiro, Rogério Vieira de Almeida  14

• City Portrait: Praia  20
p. 374 City Portrait: Mindelo  22
Niger Tarrafal: From Banishment Desert to Tourist Spot
Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues  26
• Buildings and Projects  28
Contemporary ­C abo ­Verdean Archi­tecture
Andréia Moassab, Patrícia Anahory  34

GM ­The ­Gambia  50
The Gambia Burkina Faso
p. 50 p. 286
• Introduction William Roberts, Bala Saho  52
Senegal • ­­City Portrait: Banjul  58
p. 76
The ­­Banjul Historic District Feasibility Project William Roberts  60
• Buildings and Projects  62

SN ­Senegal  76

• Introduction Jérôme Chenal, Stéphanie Hasler  80

• City Portrait: Dakar  88
Dakar: Homeland and Architectural Inspiration
Interview with Xavier Ricou  92
City Portrait: Saint-Louis  96
• Buildings and Projects  98
Migration and Archi­tecture in ­Dakar Kerstin Pinther  106
Documenting the Everyday Photos by Karola Schlegelmilch  108
Homage to Patrick Dujarric Jack Travis  120
Rehabilitating Earth as a Building Material
Alioune Ba, Olivier Dalang, Taïbou Diallo, Doudou Deme, Sheel Raj Shetty  130
Beyond Design Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter, and Helena Sandman  136
Forging the Future Alioune Ba  140
MR Mauritania  142 NE ­Niger  374

• Introduction Jérôme Chenal, Stéphanie Hasler  146 • Introduction Mariam Kamara  376
The Ancient Cities of Mauritania Manuel Fournier  154 • City Portrait: Niamey  382
• City Portrait: Nouakchott  166 Preserving Traditions: Granary Buildings Photos by Samir Nicolas Saddi  386
• Buildings and Projects  168 Earth Archi­tecture in ­Niger Mansour Adji  390
The National Hospital of Mauritania Catherine Blain  176 Emblematic Entrances: Doors and Façades in Zinder Mariam Kamara  392
Soviet Modernism in the Sahara Interview with Felix Novikov  186 Human Scale Sculptures: Not Vital’s Art in Niger Alma Zevi  396
• Buildings and Projects  400
The New Urban Earth-brick House Interview with Odile Dayak  410
ML Mali  198
Contemporary Housing for Niamey Mariam Kamara  418

• Introduction Sébastien Philippe, Daniel Schumann  202

World Heritage Sites in Mali Oliver Heiss  212 Appendix  424
• City Portrait: Bamako  216
Monumental Pride of Bamako Mary Jo Arnoldi  218 Selected Bibliography  424
City Portrait: Timbuktu  222 Index of African Places  428
City Portrait: Mopti  224 Index of Architects  430
Archi­tecture of the Dogon Wolfgang Lauber  226 Index of Other Key Persons  432
The Toguna Photos by Samir Nicolas Saddi  228 Authors and Contributors  433
Adobe Mosques of the Inner Niger Delta Sebastian Schutyser  232 Editors  434
• Buildings and Projects  236
Neo-Sudanese Archi­tecture in Mali Gudrun Sack  242
’Architectural styles do not always follow international trends’
Interview with Boubacar Mady Diallo  262
Learning from the Vernacular Oliver Heiss  268

BF ­Burkina ­Faso  286

• Introduction Ning Liu  288

The History of W
­ ogdogo Halimatou Mama Awal  296
• City Portrait: Ouagadougou  302
ZACA: Ouagadougou’s Inner-city Savanna René Boer  314
• Buildings and Projects  316
Living Architecture: Sudano-Sahelian Mosques
Photos by Samir Nicolas Saddi  324
Building with the Community Halimatou Mama Awal  345
Sanitation in B
­ urkina ­Faso and Beyond Riccardo Vannucci  362
Kéré’s Health Centre as a Cultural Project Jennifer Tobolla  368
An Architectural Bow to Thomas Sankara Philipp Meuser  372
 Vol. 3: Western Africa:
Along the Atlantic Ocean Coast

Introduction Philipp Meuser, Adil Dalbai  8

GW Guinea-Bissau  12

• Introduction Paulo Tormenta Pinto  16

Popular Architecture between the C­ olonial and Vernacular Geraldo Pina  24
p. 12
Guinea- • City Portrait: Bissau  32
Bissau p. 476 Self-production of Centrality in Bissau’s Bandim Market
Guinea Nigeria Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues  38
p. 68 • Buildings and Projects  40
New Bissau Natanael Samory Baticã Lima  66

Sierra Benin GN Guinea  68

Leone p. 406
p. 142
• Introduction Alpha Ousmane Barry, Mouctar Barry  70
Togo
Liberia Building a Western African Earthen Hut Heiko Schwarz  82
p. 374
p. 176 • City Portrait: Conakry  86
Côte Ghana
d’Ivoire p. 254 The Urban Development Plan of Conakry
p. 210 Marina Smokvina, Mojca Smode Cvitanović  96
• Buildings and Projects  102
China in ­Africa: The Guinean Example Cole Roskam  116
Looking to the Future Interview with Mouctar Barry  140

SL ­Sierra ­Leone  142

• Introduction Katib Iscandari  146

• City Portrait: Freetown  150
The Role of Archi­tecture in Freetown Joseph Conteh  152
• Buildings and Projects  154
Hill Station Houses in F­ reetown Maurice Mitchell, Bo Tang  158
Sierra Leone’s Hilltop Parliament Keren Kinberg, Rama Musa  164

LR ­Liberia  176

• Introduction Elijah Karnley  178

• City Portrait: Monrovia  186
Vernacular and Settler Archi­tecture in ­Liberia Anthony Morgan  190
• Buildings and Projects  194
 CI Côte d’Ivoire  210 BJ ­Benin  406

• Introduction Guillaume Koffi  212 • Introduction Steve Kotey, Jean Manzan, Romarick Atoké  410
The Senufo Village Samir Nicolas Saddi  214 City Portrait: Cotonou  416
The Future of Ivorian Archi­tecture Issa Diabaté  218 • City Portrait: Porto-Novo  420
City Portrait: Abidjan  220 The Royal Palaces of Abomey Roméo Mivekannin, Amy Visram  422
• Buildings and Projects  224 The Collectivities of Abomey Lynne Ellsworth Larsen  426
Israel in Abidjan: The African Riviera and Beyond Keren Kinberg  228 • Buildings and Projects  430
• City Portrait: Yamoussoukro  246 The Aguda Architecture on the Bight of Benin Roberto Conduru  436
The ­O ther Basilica René Boer  250 Preservation and Memory of Afro-Brazilian A
­ rchitecture Alinta Sara  446
Henri Chomette and the BEHC Roméo Mivekannin  452
‘Our essential mission is to sound the alarm clock for A
­ frican Archi­tecture’
GH ­Ghana  254
Interview with Steve Nicoué Kotey  460
‘We need architectural typologies’ Interview with Romarick Atoké  468
• Introduction Kuukuwa O. Manful  258
Benin, Upper Floor Photos by Karola Schlegelmilch  472
The Architecture of Exploitation in Ghana Amber N. Wiley  268
Archi­tectural ­Design in Ghana: A Unique Amalgam
Hannah Schreckenbach  276 NG Nigeria  476
• City Portrait: Accra  280
City Portrait: Kumasi  284 • Introduction Ola Uduku  480
Indigenous Architecture in Pre-Colonial ­Ghana Kuukuwa O. Manful  286 Nigerian Archi­tecture over Time Olajumoke Adenowo  486
• Buildings and Projects  290 Architecture in Northern Nigeria Samuel Oboh  490
Traditional Rural Housing in the Savanna Hannah Schreckenbach  294 City Portrait: Lagos  496
Fry and Drew: From Village Housing to Tropical Modernism Iain Jackson  302 • City Portrait: Abuja  504
A Step into Tropicality: Croatian Architects at KNUST The Founding of Nigeria and the Establishment of Abuja Nnamdi Elleh  508
Marina Smokvina, Charles Arnaud Nana, Mojca Smode Cvitanović  316 City Portrait: Ibadan  514
Liberation-era Architecture in Ghana Janet Berry Hess  336 • Buildings and Projects  516
Exchange, Disseminate, Empower: Online Architecture Platforms Afro-Brazilian ­Architecture on the Bight of B
­ enin Adedoyin Teriba  518
Juliet Sakyi-Ansah  352 ‘The most beautiful campus in ­Africa’ Ayala Levin  534
Challenging the ‘Mud Hut’: Nka Foundation’s Earth Architecture Competition Godwin and Hopwood in their own Words Gillian Hopwood, John Godwin  542
Juliet Sakyi-Ansah  366 Archi­tecture and Town Planning in the Context of the Pan-­African
Festivals of Arts and Culture Kerstin Pinther  554
Nigeria’s Contemporary Architecture Samuel Oboh  566
TG ­Togo  374
Lagos Liquid City Anna Nnenna Abengowe  598
• Introduction Sitou Akolly  376 Gated Communities in Lagos Taibat Lawanson  604
• City Portrait: Lomé  384
Appendix  612
Tamberma Tatas: Anthro­pomorphic Homes Sabrine Bako  388
Selected Bibliography  612
• Buildings and Projects  392 Index of African Places  620
‘We must be able to express our entire culture through our projects’ Index of Architects  622
Interview with Nicolas Akidjetan  404 Index of Other Key Persons  627
Authors and Contributors  628
Editors  630
 

TD Chad  12

p. 144
• Introduction Ibrahim Tahir Goni 14
p. 42 Eritrea
•
City Portrait: N’Djamena 18
Sudan
p. 190
Gaoui Village: A National Heritage Site
Senoussi Ahmat Senoussi, Gérard Leclaire  22
Djibouti
•
Buildings and Projects 26
Female Architects in the Sahel: A Rare Species Hayatte Ndiaye 40
Chad
p. 12

SD Sudan  42

• Introduction Omer Siddig Osman, Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin, Amira Osman 44

South Sudan • City Portrait: Khartoum 60
p. 106
Ethiopia Somalia Buildings of the Nubian and Beja Peoples Photos by Winfried Bullinger 66
p. 226 p. 352 • Buildings and Projects 74
The Work of Abdallah Sabbar
Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin, Omer Siddig Osman, Amira Osman  94

SS South Sudan  106

• Introduction Sophie Ibbotson 110

• City Portrait: Juba Justin Tata 120
Vernacular Architecture of the Kuku David Kraler, Eva Kraler 124
Hands-on Building Culture David Kraler, Christoph Lachberger 128
• Buildings and Projects 131

ER Eritrea  144

• Introduction Peter Volgger, Stefan Graf 146

• City Portrait: Asmara 150
City Portrait: Massawa 154
Bella Asmara: Narratives of Colonial Modernity Peter Volgger, Stefan Graf 158
The Asmara Heritage Project Interview with Medhanie Teklemariam 162
Urban Planning in Colonial Eritrea Uwe Altrock 166
• Buildings and Projects 172
Futurist and Rationalist Buildings Peter Volgger, Stefan Graf 178
Hedonism in the Colony Peter Volgger, Stefan Graf 184
 DJ Djibouti  190 Appendix  394

• Introduction Bouh Mohamed Wais  192 Selected Bibliography  394

Reconciling East and West Interview with Salma Mohamed Abdoulkader  198 Index of African Places  398
• City Portrait: Djibouti City  200 Index of Architects  399
• Buildings and Projects  206 Index of Other Key Persons  401
On Conducting, Customising, and Creating Authors and Contributors  402
Interview with Tolmone Almis Haïd  224 Editors  403

ET Ethiopia  226

• Introduction Fasil Giorghis  230

• City Portrait: ­Addis ­A baba  238
­
City Portrait: Aksum  250
City Portrait: Harar  254
City Portrait: Gonder  256
Conservation of E­ thiopia’s Built Heritage Fasil Giorghis  262
Archi­tectural Journey from ­Ethiopia to Jerusalem Keren Kinberg  264
• Buildings and Projects  268
At the Edges of Ethiopia Photos by Winfried Bullinger  272
Vernacular E­ thiopian Homes Renate Bornberg  284
The Making of a Dassanech House Photos by Winfried Bullinger  286
Michael Tedros: An Enduring Legacy Livingstone Mukasa  302
Archi­tecture of the 1960s in ­Ethiopia Petra Gruber  312
The Grand Housing Programme Petra Gruber  320
Archi­tectural Education and Prototype Projects Petra Gruber  338
Empowering Villages with Self-build Kits
Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit  342
Shaping Ethiopia’s Architectural Landscape Rahel Shawl  348

SO Somalia  352

• Introduction Rashid Ali  354

Somalia’s Urban Heritage Interview with Mohamed Abdulkadir Ahmed  360
• City Portrait: Mogadishu  364
Urban Planning in Italian Somalia Uwe Altrock  368
The Districts of Xamar Weyne and Shingani Omar Degan  370
• Buildings and Projects  372
Mogadishu: Lost Moderns Photos by Andrew Cross  382
A Sustainable Approach in Baidoa Omar Degan  392
 Vol. 5: Eastern Africa:
From the Great Lakes to the Indian Ocean

Introduction Philipp Meuser, Adil Dalbai  8

KE Kenya  12

• Introduction Martin Tairo Maseghe  16

p. 12 •
City Portrait: Nairobi  28
p. 130
Kenya
Uganda Building Materials in Nairobi’s Central Business District Teckla Muhoro  34
p. 458 Informality as Catalyst John Omwamba, Remy Sietchiping  38
p. 224 Seychelles City Portrait: Mombasa  42
Rwanda
Conservation of Mombasa’s Historic Old Town Mugwima Njuguna  46
Architecture in Lamu Old Town Peninah Mutonga  50
Ephemeral Architecture around Lake Turkana Photos by Winfried Bullinger  56
Reclaiming Colonial Architecture Tayiana Chao  62
•
Buildings and Projects  68
Burundi
A Portrait of David Mutiso Martin Tairo Maseghe  78
p. 312
Architecture of Torture Nanjala Nyabola  84
Unequal Scenes Photos by Johnny Miller  96
Tanzania Shaping Nairobi’s Skyline: Jim Archer Wendy Kinya  108
p. 342
Opening a Dialogue: BUILDesign Magazine Martin Tairo Maseghe  115
International Development Frameworks and Africa’s Built Environment
John Omwamba, Remy Sietchiping  120
Comoros
p. 438 Designing the Design Process in Kenya Charles Newman  122
‘These gates provide freedom’ Michiel Hulshof, Daan Roggeveen  126
Madagascar
p. 520
Mauritius
UG Uganda  130
p. 490

• Introduction Mark Olweny  134

Borders and Boundaries Photos by Winfried Bullinger  142
Construction Materials in Uganda Felix Holland  148
•
City Portrait: Kampala  152
Jinja: An Architectural Exploration Nabirye Zaina Lubwama  158
A History of Violence in Acholi Architecture Mark Duerksen  162
•
Buildings and Projects  166
The Reconstruction of the Kasubi Tombs Livingstone Mukasa  168
Traditional Music and Architecture Livingstone Mukasa  178
The Liberation (of the) Threshold Namata Serumaga-Musisi  204
Growing Pains of a New Profession Timothy Latim  208
The Architecture of Remembrance Philippa Keri Ovonji-odida  218
Reimagining Farming Community Models Sarah Kukkiriza Ndagire  222
RW Rwanda  224 KM Comoros  438

• Introduction Michelle Stadelman  228 • Introduction Nadia Moussa  440

•
City Portrait: Kigali  236 • City Portrait: Moroni  444
Kigali and the Words of Rwanda’s Landscape Tomà Berlanda  244 • Buildings and Projects  446
Urban Start-up Kigali Roland Dieterle  250 Protecting Mutsamudu’s Architectural Heritage Peter Barry  448
Kigali Convention Centre: Disputed Landmark Jennifer Gaugler  254
•
Buildings and Projects  262
SC ­Seychelles  458
Housing in Rwanda Christian Benimana  272
Archi­tecture to Confront Everyday Emergencies Alice Tasca  282 • Introduction Alex Ellenberger, Makoto Saito  460
New Schools in Rwanda and Beyond Iris Lenz  294 • City Portrait: Victoria  470
Droneport: A New Typology of Civic Buildings Amy Visram  306 • Buildings and Projects  476
Refugee Camps in Rwanda Nerea Amorós Elorduy  308 Contemporary Creole Architecture in the Seychelles Christiaan Neethling  484

BI Burundi  312 MU Mauritius  490

• Introduction Guillaume Sardin  314 • Introduction Romy Ashwin Boodhoo  492

•
City Portrait: Bujumbura  318 • City Portrait: Port Louis  496
‘Art Deco is part of our art de vivre’ Interview with Alix Nijimbere  320 Paradise Lost and Found in Hotel Resorts Johan N. Prinsloo  500
Burundian Bauhaus Photos by Jean Molitor and Karine Guillevic  322 • Buildings and Projects  506
•
Buildings and Projects  328
Re-thinking Concrete for Africa
Wolfram Schmidt, Andreas Rogge, Nsesheye Susan Msinjili  338 MG Madagascar  520

• Introduction Riana Raveloarison  522

TZ Tanzania  342 • City Portrait: Antananarivo  530
City Portrait: Antsiranana  536
• Introduction Annika Seifert  346
Wooden Archi­tecture of the Royal Merina Randall Bird  538
The Hadza: Hunter-Gatherers near Lake Eyasi Photos by Winfried Bullinger  354
• Buildings and Projects  542
City Portrait: Dar es Salaam  360
Madagascar’s Subsidised Housing Projects Joan Razafimaharo  550
Preserving Heritage in a Rapidly Expanding City Annika Seifert  364
Unequal Scenes Photos by Johnny Miller  366
New Town Dodoma Sophie van Ginneken  368 Appendix  558
• City Portrait: Dodoma  376
City Portrait: Zanzibar  378 Selected Bibliography  558

Swahili Architecture Nerea Amorós Elorduy  386 Index of African Places  562

• Buildings and Projects  390 Index of Architects  564

‘An archi­tect should be a humanist’ Interview with Anthony B. Almeida  404 Index of Other Key Persons  567

The German Democratic Republic in Zanzibar Ludger Wimmelbücker  410 Authors and Contributors  569

Socially Sustainable Socialist Homes Hubert Scholz  418 Editors  571

Representing Eastern Africa: ANZA Magazine Comfort Badaru  432

The Ecological Stewardship of Honeybees Mark Gardner  434
 Vol. 6: Central Africa:
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

Introduction Philipp Meuser, Adil Dalbai  8

CF Central African Republic  12

• Introduction Mesmin Guenguebe Mbari  14

Rainforest Constructions: Buildings of the Baka
Photos by Winfried Bullinger  18
•
City Portrait: Bangui  22
p. 46 p. 12
Central African Republic Bangui’s Colonial Architecture: Urban Heritage in Decay Thierry Bangui  26
Cameroon
•
Building and Projects  32
Building at a Time of Crisis Riccardo Vannucci  40

CM Cameroon  46
Equatorial Guinea
p. 76
Democratic Republic • Introduction Diane Chehab, Epée Ellong  48
of the Congo • City Portrait: Yaoundé  52
São Tomé p. 232 City Portrait: Douala  56
and Príncipe
p. 118 Modernity and Tradition in Cameroonian ­Archi­tecture in the Colonial ­Period
Mark D. DeLancey  58
• Building and Projects  62
Gabon
p. 160

Republic of GQ Equatorial Guinea  76

the Congo
p. 188 Angola • Introduction Laida Memba Ikuga, Montserrat Villaverde  78
p. 314 • City Portrait: Malabo  84
City Portrait: Bata  88
Ribas y Pradell: Prefabricated Colonial Constructions
Laida Memba Ikuga, Montserrat Villaverde  90
• Building and Projects  94
Interventions in Public Space Interview with Dominica Nchama Minang Ntang  116

ST São Tomé and Príncipe  118

• Introduction Duarte Pape  120

• City Portrait: São Tomé  126
The Cubata: São Tomé’s Vernacular Timber House Edwlne Neto  130
• Building and Projects  136
The Structure and Function of Roças Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues  140
 GA Gabon  160 AO Angola  314

• Introduction Jean-Pierre Maïssa  162 • Bem-vindo a Angola Helder Pereira, Coral Gillett  318
• City Portrait: Libreville  166 The Tale of an Intangible City: M’banza Kongo Joost De Raeymaeker  336
The Lonely Towers of African Capitals: BCEAO and BEAC René Boer  170 •
Introduction to Angola’s Colonial Modernity Ana Tostões  340
• Building and Projects  176 • City Portrait: Luanda António Tomás  352
The Redevelopment of the Bay of Luanda Sylvia Croese  358
City Portrait: Huambo  362
CG Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)  188
Angolan Vernacular Archi­tecture Caren Melissa Santos da Silva  366

• Introduction Ulrich Essimba, Tristan Guilloux, Bernard Toulier  190 • Building and Projects  370

• City Portrait: Brazzaville  196 Francisco Castro Rodrigues: The Archi­tect of Modernist Lobito
Zara Ferreira  380
The Maison Tropicale Tristan Guilloux  198
Le ­Corbusier’s Legacy in Angola Ana Magalhães, Margarida Quinta  392
• Building and Projects  204
A Concrete Utopia: The Memorial to Neto Nadine Siegert, Fabio Vanin  410
The Air France Housing Unit: Africa’s Cité Radieuse Philippe Guionie  212
Angola’s Housing Facilities from Independence to Today
Call Me Here! Sabine Müller, Andreas Quednau  230
Maria Alice Vaz de Almeida Mendes Correia  420
Housing in Luanda Filomena do Espírito Santo Carvalho  422
CD Democratic Republic of the Congo (­Kinshasa)  232 Understanding Informal Neighbourhoods Paulo Moreira  436
Working against the Tabula Rasa Helder Pereira, Coral Gillett  440
• Introduction Claudien Mulimilwa, Johan Lagae  236
The Politics of Impermanence in the Kibulu of Eastern Pende Chiefs
Z. S. Strother  250 Appendix  444

‘We should write our own history of Congo’s ­archi­tectural past’

Interview with Claudien Mulimilwa  254 Selected Bibliography  444

• City Portrait: Kinshasa  258 Index of African Places  448

The Fate of Unpopular Public Spaces in K

­ inshasa Nicolas-Patience Basabose  260 Index of Architects  450

From Luluabourg to Kananga Index of Other Key Persons  452

Claudia Kruschwitz, Stefan Krapp, Rolf Westerheide  262 Authors and Contributors  454
The Transformation of Kananga’s Colonial Villas Editors  455
Claudia Kruschwitz, Stefan Krapp, Rolf Westerheide  266
• Building and Projects  270
Tropical Modernism in Bukavu Photos by Jean Molitor  282
Dreaming of Housing, Creating Density Nicolas-Patience Basabose  298
Education Infrastructure in the DRC Andrew Brose  306
Vernacular Strategies to Combat Urban Sprawl Nicolas-Patience Basabose  310
 Vol. 7: Southern Africa:
Between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Editors’ Introduction Philipp Meuser, Adil Dalbai  9

MZ ­Mozambique  12

• The ­Mozambican in ­Mozambique’s Archi­tecture Fernando Buzi  16

•
Introduction to ­Mozambique’s Colonial Archi­tecture Ana Tostões  22
• City Portrait: Maputo José Forjaz  34
­City Portrait: The Island of Mozambique  40
• Buildings and Projects  42
­Pancho Guedes: Vitruvius M
­ ozambicanus Dagmar Hoetzel  46
Paulo de Melo Sampaio in B
­ eira Ana Magalhães  58
Fernando Mesquita’s Schools in M
­ ozambique Zara Ferreira  66
Building a New Country Fernando Buzi  72
p. 92 Thoughts on Archi­tecture in ­Mozambique
p. 132 Malawi Interview with Jaime Comiche and Sária Omar  84
Zambia p. 12
Mozambique
MW Malawi  92
Botswana
p. 216 • Introduction Daniel Schumann, Karolin Stahl-Wilhelm  94
Transforming Malawi’s Archi­tectural Landscape
Interview with Maliam Mdoko  100
Zimbabwe
p. 170
•
City Portrait: Lilongwe  104
Namibia
Malawi’s Vernacular Archi­tecture Jon Sojkowski  106
p. 256
•
Buildings and Projects  110
Eswatini
Creating New Centres Daniel Schumann  130
p. 304

South Africa Lesotho

p. 352 p. 324 ZM ­Zambia  132

• Introduction Gerald Chungu  134

­Zambia’s Vernacular Archi­tecture Jon Sojkowski  142
• City Portrait: Lusaka  146
• Buildings and Projects  150
Housing in Z­ ambia: Challenges and Opportunities Francis Mwape Ndilila  158
Going Green amid the Z­ ambian Electricity Crisis Chobela Ndilila  166
ZW Zimbabwe  170
LS ­Lesotho  324

•
Introduction Lineo Lerotholi-Mosoeunyane  326
•
Introduction Jonathan Waters  172
Basotho Architectural Arts Gary van Wyk  332
The Zimbabwe Archi­tectural Tradition Edward Matenga  178
•
City Portrait: Maseru  338
•
City Portrait: Harare  182
•
Buildings and Projects  340
• Buildings and Projects  184
Energy Challenges Facing ­Lesotho Lineo Lerotholi-Mosoeunyane  345
Mick Pearce on his Archi­tectural Approach Mick Pearce  200
Towards a Local Architectural Identity Iain Low  348
Possibilities of the Future: Finding the Lost Voice Vongai Pasirayi  208
Market Units for Informal Traders Safia Qureshi, Maxwell Mutanda  212
ZA South ­Africa  352

BW ­Botswana  216 • The Archi­tectural Riches of South A

­ frica Nicholas Clarke  356
• South ­Africa’s Archi­tecture Throughout History Roger C. Fisher  360
•
Introduction Sandy Grant  218 African Cosmology and Architecture Franco Frescura  370
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City Portrait: Gaborone  222 Southern ­African Places of Myth and Legend Roger C. Fisher  372
When Change Finally Came, it Came in a Rush Sandy Grant  228 City Portrait: Cape Town  374
Going, Going, Almost Gone Sandy Grant  230 City Portrait: Johannesburg  380
• Buildings and Projects  232 If Roads Could Talk Alexander Opper  384
The Strange Case of Sir Herbert Baker and a Country without Archi­tects • City Portrait: Pretoria  388
Sandy Grant  236
Unequal Scenes Photos by Johnny Miller  390
The First Motswana Archi­tecture Firm Tlotlo Tsamaase  246
Archi­tects and Leadership Sindile Ngonyama  402
Challenges Facing Women in Archi­tecture Karuni Naidoo  404
NA Namibia  256 Policy vs Reality in South A
­ frica’s Built Environment Linda Mampuru  408
• Buildings and Projects  412
•
Introduction Vanessa Jane Ruhling  258 Our Vanishing Vernacular: A Warning from Africa Franco Frescura  414
Authenticity and Hybridity in German Colonial Archi­tecture Ponte City Ivan Vladislavić, Mikhael Subotzky, Patrick Waterhouse  430
Itohan Osayimwese  262
Decolonising the Built Environment Interview with Mphethi Morojele  442
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City Portrait: ­­W indhoek  266
On Site-specificity and Vaults Interview with Peter Rich  452
Building a Country and a Profession Interview with Nina Maritz  268
Archi­tecture and Development in A
­ frica Marlene Wagner  364
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Buildings and Projects  274
Design for Rural Communities Vongai Pasirayi  470
North Korea’s Monumental Gifts to ­Africa Photos by Onejoon Che  288
Instituting Local Identity in Braamfontein Kuka Mofu  474
Our Informal City Sophia van Greunen  296
Spatial Production through Orchestrated Servanthood Tuliza Sindi  478
Affordable Housing Strategies for Namibia
Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit  300
Appendix  482

SZ Eswatini  304
Selected Bibliography  482
Index of African Places  486
•
Introduction Emmanuel Nkambule  306
Index of Architects  488
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City Portrait: Mbabane  310
Index of Other Key Persons  492
•
Buildings and Projects  312
Authors and Contributors  493
Round Living Pieter Smoor  320
Editors  495