Tag: Spatial Design
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COVID-19 and the concept of “Urban Triage”
Re-Blogged from Point of View by: The concept of ‘Triage’ in medical terms refers to “the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.” Could we apply this term to thinking in urban terms to repurpose elements of the city […]
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The Anti-Atlas
This project started with a map, a 1930 colonial map of Dar es Salaam created during the British administration. I couldn’t help but be enticed by the beautifully drawn, meticulous historical maps I found in the library of Ardhi University during our field trip to Dar es Salaam. Fuelled by my interest in stories, I […]
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ASF Challenging Practice: Student Summaries
The students were requested to summarise the 9 chapters of ASF International’s Challenging Practice into short Pecha Kucha style videos. Chapter 0: The Urban Context Class Read Individually Chapter 1: Disasters, risk reduction and Reconstruction Mandy Schindler, Gareth Howe, Israel Ogundare, Saddum Biwa & Binaica Morar Chapter 2: Discrimination Daniel Grout, Adam Propheta, David Flax […]