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December 2008

Brainstorming Topic #1: Utrecht Meeting Africalia/ArchiAfrkia

Date:

Brainstorming Topic #2: quotes on culture

Date: 18/01/2008

Brainstorming Topic #3:

Date: 22/02/2008

Our Collaboration Wiki

Either of us participated in the "African Perspectives" seminar from 6 to 8 December 2007 at the TUDelft, organised by ArchiAfrika - or in the "Architecture à Vivre" conference from 10 to 12 December 2007 hosted at LaCambre, Brussels in collaboration with Africalia.

Our work in progress:

Project description:

Goals:

The long-term goals are threefold:

Deadline:

PaulineAfricalia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:23:00 CST

This page is where we can collect ideas from everyone in the group. Click EasyEdit to add text, tables, photos, etc.

Here is the report of the Utrecht meeting,18th of January where ArchiAfrika,
Africalia and La Cambre Architecture discussed future cooperation on the topic
of African architecture.

long list of quotes on culture, some relevant to our work :
SOURCE :http://www.unfpa.org/culture/quotes.htm

Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.
—Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations

People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what – and who – we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
—Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations

Culture is the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterizes a society or a group. It includes creative expressions, community practices and material or built forms.
—from Our Creative Diversity: The UN World Commisssion
on Culture and Development Report

I believe that strong and vibrant cultures themselves nurture tolerance and justice. All cultures worth the name protect support and encourage diversity; and justice is the practical mechanism which enables them to do so.
Tolerance and justice are not merely morally desirable ends, but tools which underpin society and enable it to function. In other words, tolerance and justice are not abstract concepts but expressions of culture in practice.
It follows that each society will express the values of tolerance and justice in a different way: for example, systems of administering justice differ very widely. But that does not mean the values themselves are incompatible from one society to another .
—Dr. Nafis Sadik, former UNFPA Executive Director

Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement.
—Wole Sovinka, Nigerian Nobel Laureate

"Mr. Director General, why is it that you people from UN agencies when you come here, instead of asking us for our experience and our skills, our thoughts and our dreams, you give us lessons and advice? Why do you not come here to listen first, then give us advice based on what you heard?"
—A teacher in a village in Burkina Faso to Frederico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO, during a visit he made to the country

See also: Project Schedule | Rough Draft | Research | Team Members

antonifolkers — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:25:46 CST

‘ARCHITECTURE A VIVRE’ CONFERENCE
Brussels 10>12 December 2007,
hosted by La Cambre Architecture,
supported by Africalia and KULeuven

> DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT (click here)

> RAPPORT COMPLET EN FRANCAIS (cliquer ici)

Monday, 10th December 2007

14.30: General project presentation

Marc Gossé: This meeting is an opportunity to help reinforce sustainable development in urbanism in Africa and to improve overall quality in contemporary architecture. It is a trigger to launch exchanges and build perspectives of networks, collaborations projects “in Africa by and for Africans”.

The long-term goals are threefold:

To strengthen and develop the network thanks to a stronger inter-universitary
collaboration.
To organize yearly seminars/conferences on certain relevant themes such as technology, urban planning and urban crisis.
To produce a travelling exhibition of great contemporary African architecture and an award so that there is a better diffusion of contemporary production in architecture.

15.00: Presentation of the participants

For more details please see:Team members

Tuesday, 11th December 2007

Morning : Presentations

Pierre LECLERCQ and the Lucid Group (Laboratory for User Cognition and innovative Design): “Digital Collaborative Studio”

Han VERSCHURE and Daan VAN TASSEL: Advanced Education and Project Work in Human Settlements. Urbanisme and Strategic Planning, Department ASRO (presentation part1- part2)

Bruce KIMANI: Urban Spatial Segregation: a study of socio-economic exclusion and means of integration, applied to the case of Kisumu,a secondary city on Kenya

Lawrence ESHO, The performance of Spatial planning vis a vis Informal Urbanity

Abiy AGIRO, From Local Development Plans towards Strategic Urban Project: the case for User-based Redevelopment in inner city areas of Adis Ababa, Ethiopia

Marc GOSSE, La Cambre experience

Antoni FOLKERS, ArchiAfrika and AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES

Yehya M.SERAG, Networking and Network as Tools for Regional Development and Planning: The Case of the Western Part of Egypt

Abdel BENABDELJALIL, Invention et réinvention de l'identité culturelle

Afternoon: Organisation of parallel sessions (cf reports of wednesday 12/12)

Evening: Francis KERE lecture« 3 projets: construire avec le climat et les resources locales » CIVA, Brussels

Francis Kéré is a practising Berlin-based architect who recently won an Aga Khan award (2005) for the project he managed in his Burkina Faso native village: Pano.
At odds with an academic discourse or an unreachable jargon, his lecture simply attempted to explain with easy words how he succeeded to build sustainable housing along with climate, local resources and people from his village. (more info: see appendix 5 in the full report)

www.kere-architecture.com

Wednesday, 12th December 2007

Morning: Constitution of four different workgroups with a reporter for each group

1. Networking and dissemination of information :Elleh Nnamdi (reporter)
Kouadio NdaNguessan / George Intsiful / Marc Gossé

The reporter clearly highlighted the need to improve the dissemination and sharing of information regarding African architecture. He mentioned the necessity of building a website that would be a venue for resources pulled together for knowledge-sharing among architects.The next step being: who will take responsibility for creating and maintaining the website?

2. Networking & Research : Laban Shihembetsa (reporter)
Han Verschure / Livin Mosha / El Montacir Bensaid / Lawrence Esho

The reporter of this workgroup insisted on the importance of capacity building and academic careers upgrading
through mobility and exchange.Hence the need to form a committee to prepare a proposal for funding. The creation of
a database is also needed in order to improve the transparence in researches of common interest and in Universities
overlapping programmes.

3. International Conference: Daan Van Tassel (reporter)
Abdel Benabdeljalil / Malick Gaye / Nicholas Clarke / Fakambi Bankole

This workgroup thought over the organization of an international conference that would take place every two years with an alternance of the hosting place.This conference will be a great opportunity of networking and debating on the future cities. It will also bring closer cooperation and partnerships between different participants.Once again, a strategy for fundraising should be put in motion.

4. Award + Exhibition: Hannah Leroux (reporter)
Jean-Pierre Maïssa / Alphonce Kyessi / Anselmo Cani / Iain Low / Antoni Folkers / Nicholas Clarke / Bjorn Maes

The team reflected upon the organization of a joint award-exhibition-publication project in the field of contemporary African architecture.In terms of concrete steps, each participant to the workshop was assigned a specific task. Once again the need for a database and funding applications appeared as recurring matters.

Conclusion:

First and foremost, a database and website need to be created as a platform in order to support the project and to diffuse the information. For that concern, one coordinator is needed to gather all the data and constantly update the database.
Marc Gossé proposed to call the network : “African Architects Network” (AANet)

Second, there must be someone in charge of formulating a funding application for the exhibition/award/publication which will happen in parallel to the next international conference in Pretoria, April 2009.

Some workgroups focused on the main four themes evoked previously are in charge of thinking over the different aspects and proposing something each month in regard of 2009. It has been decided that they are eventually the following:

1.Networking
Elleh Nnamdi / Kouadio NdaNguessan / George Intsiful / Marc Gossé
2.Research
Han Verschure / Laban Shihembetsa / Livin Mosha / El Montacir Bensaïd / Lawrence Esho
3.International Conference
Abdel Benabdeljalil / Malick Gaye / Nicholas Clarke / Antoni Folkers / Fakambi Bankole
4.Award + Exhibition
Jean-Pierre Maïssa / Alphonce Kyessi / Anselmo Cani / Bjorn Maes / Hannah Leroux

antonifolkers — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:21:05 CST

La Cambre ISACF 12/12/2007

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Those Present:

Dr Van Tassel Daan (reporter)

Professor Benabdeljalil Abdel

Mr Gaye Malick

Professor Clarke Nicholas

Professor Bankole Fakambi

Summary:
This workgroup thought over the organization of an international conference that would take place every two years with an alternance of the hosting place being either a French-speaking or an English-speaking African country.

Key Areas of Address:
Mapping:

THEME A general theme and core sub-themes need to be defined in advance.
For instance: “Space and culture in the city for development” with the following sub themes:
> Integration or the involvement of various actors in the development of the city
> Future for the cities; the contemporary city and a future vision of it, the “visionary city”
> Capacity building for the cities or the way actors can be empowered

PLACE It would be alternating between Africa, specific cities and Europe. For instance, it could be twice in Africa and once in Europe, each conference taking place every two years. A list of cities that would alternate between French and English-speaking countries is proposed: in 2009: Pretoria, in 2011: Casablanca, in 2013: Brussels etc.

WHO There should be a fusion with two main dynamics: on the one hand, organizations such as ArchiAfrika, DSM, Kumasi and on the other hand Africalia, La Cambre, KU Leuven. As this is about urban development, the conference should address local actors, whether public, local authorities or private actors, communities and NGOs, CBOs.
The idea is there should be two distinct layers in these meetings: on the one hand the conference and on the other hand, some field visits to understand and reflect on the reality of the place.

WHY It will be a great opportunity of networking and debating on the future cities. It will also bring closer cooperation and partnerships between different participants.

HOW On the organizational side, there should be a technical committee in charge of the whole logistic process and responsible for assessing the number of participants. There should also be two levels of invitees: some people coming from “abroad” or Europe and people from “inside”.
The aim is to encourage the participation of African residents and in order to allow that, building up an emergency fund is necessary.

Beforehand, the reporter suggests to propose a list of all the participating universities and to develop some kind of prize/award with two papers from each country accepted for funding.

Priorities to be addressed as soon as the opportunity arises

-What is the place of the next conference and institution that will host it?
-Should the funds be available for members of the network/ should it be mandatory to participate?
-Who will provide the funds? Will it be “big funds” from the EU Commission or
or will it come from local authorities of the venue city? (with “material assistance” for instance)

The Challenge for the Scheme:

Issue of fundraising.
The place likely to be the next host organization: Pretoria, April 2009

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DVT — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:27:26 CST

List of our partner organisations:

Africalia
ArchiAfrika
Ardhi University (ARU)
EAC
EAMAU
ENA
Enda Rup
EPA
Francis KERE
ISACF,La Cambre
KU Leuven
Kwame Nkrumah University
TU Delft
University of Cape Town
University of Cincinnati
Université de Liège
University of Nairobi
University of Pretoria
University of Witwatersrand

Other websites of interest:

- Terra 2008: 10th International Conference on Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage - Bamako, Mali (February 1-5 2008)

-The Open Architecture Network

-Architecture for Humanity

-UN-HABITAT

-ArchNet

-African Heritage Architecture

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africalia — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:59:23 CST

Overview 2008 - 2012 :


2007:	6 -8 December : "African Perspectives" TUDelft / ArchiAfrika
	10-12 December: "Architecture à vivre" LaCambre / KULeuven / Africalia
	11 December: Francis Keré lecture CIVA / LaCambre
2008:	January: Wiki website launch: + workgroups discussion forum Working title : African Architecture Network (AANet)
	November: Possible meeting in LOME
2009:	April: conference meeting, PRETORIA
2010:	context : >South Africa Worldcup
2011:
2012 and future:

Monthly Calendar 2008:

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					1 Terra 2008 Bamako, Mali 10th International Conference on Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage	2 Terra 2008 Bamako, Mali
3 Terra 2008 Bamako, Mali	4 Terra 2008 Bamako, Mali	5 Terra 2008 Bamako, Mali	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14 Valentine's Day	15	16
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africalia — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:11:54 CST

This website was launched as a tool for further collaboration and development of the network. On this website you will find the conference report of the Brussels meeting and workgroups. Each of the workgroups has a thread on the Discussion Forum to continue what we've set out to accomplish.

We've got a project to finish, and this site is a central point to keep track of our goals, the project schedule, and our work in progress.
Add pages as necessary, brainstorm on the wiki "whiteboard" page, and use the person-to-person messaging feature to keep in touch with team members. Your participation is key!

The Assignment	Conference Report	Project Schedule
Brainstorming	Links	Team Members

Tips for Building Your Wiki:

Encourage contribution: Write a "task list" for new pages.

Invite all group members to help out! (Click on "Invite others" in the Page Toolbox)

Use person-to-person messages to stay connected and to send updates, reminders, etc.

africalia — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:35:59 CST

Use this page to add text, tables, photos, and attachments related to your project.

QUOTINK

'Creativity isn't the monopoly of artists. This is the crucial fact I've come to realise, and this broader concept of creativity is my concept of art. When I say everybody is an artist, I mean everybody can determine the content of life in his particular sphere, whether in painting, music, engineering, caring for the sick, the economy or whatever. All around us the fundamentals of life are crying out to be shaped or created. But our idea of culture is severely restricted because we've always applied it to art. The dilemma of museums and other cultural institutions stems from the fact that culture is such an isolated field, and that art is even more isolated: an ivory tower in the field of culture surrounded first by the whole complex of culture and education, and then by the media which are also part of culture. We have a restricted idea of culture which debases everything; and it is the debased concept of art that has forced museums into their present weak and isolated position. Our concept of art must be universal and have the interdisciplinary nature of a university, and there must be a university department with a new concept of art and science'.
(Joseph Beuys) - http://www.the-artists.org

"It is not the impossible which gives cause for despair, but the failure to achieve the possible"
(Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid)
SOURCE http://www.europe-cares.org/

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africalia — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:33:12 CST

Networking and Dissemination of Information on African Architecture
La Cambre ISACF 12/12/2007

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Those Present:

Professor Marc Gosse

Professor George Instiful

Professsor Berend Van der Lans

Professor El Montacir Bensaid

Professor Nnamdi Elleh (reporter)

Summary:
Members in this session agreed that there is a great need to improve communication and dissemination of information among scholars, institutions, practicing architects, planners, engineers, and the general public as a while both in Africa and in Europe, and perhaps in the distant future to include the United States of America. It is suggested that we need to start building a website where people can go and obtain information on African Architecture. The site should serve as a avenue for dissemination of information on conferences, workshops, exhibitions, call for papers, and seminars, journals, books, and general resources.

Key Areas of Address:
Mapping:
-This will include constructing a website that will feature the exact locals, places, regions, and networking institutions, universities, professional organizations, individuals, schools, bibliographic resources, journals, as well as biographical information on who is who on African architecture. It should also include recent information on buildings with specific histories. Finally, it should be an avenue in which resources can be pulled together for mutual sharing among colleagues and the general public.

-Priorities to be addressed as soon as the opportunity arises:
-Identify the existing institutions, universities, colleges, professional organizations, and agencies.
-Who is the main contact person in the in professional organization?
-Who is the head of the organization?
-What is the focus of the organization?
-Who is the webmaster?
-What are the email addresses and the phone numbers for the main contact person?
-What are the hours and languages of communication should be obvious.
In the case of Educational Institutions:
-What is the institution?
-Who is the Director?
-Who is the main contact person?
-What is the email address for the main contact person?
-What is the telephone number for the main contact person?
-Who are the teachers?
-What do the teachers specialize in?
-What are the research resources?
-What is doing what research?
-Is there any link to professional practice?
-Does the institution have architectural design?
-Does it have landscape design?
-Does it participate in heritage sites conservation?
-What are the ongoing thesis topics?
-Does it teach urban design?
-Does it teach interior design?
-What is the institution’s main strength or areas of specialty?
-What are the studio pedagogies?
-Where is it located and in what building?
-How large is the institution?
-When was it founded?
-What are the courses offered and what is the program outline?
-What degrees are offered and how long does it take to complete?
-Who are the alumni and what are they doing in the field?
-What is the brief history of the institution?
-How does this institution relate to other professional agencies in the country of location, Africa, and the world as a whole? Does it have exchange programs?

The Challenge for the Scheme:

The biggest challenge is who will build and manage the site and how would it be maintained?
One of the consensus reached was:" We do not have the resources or the institution that can freely build this website on the scale envisioned at this moment. Any effort has to be incremental and it has to start with existing infrastructure wherever that may be". For that reason, it would be more cautious to start by building upon the existing media of dissemination in the hands of ArchiAfrika, La Cambre, Africalia, French-speaking Africa, Portuguese-speaking Africa, and English-speaking Africa, as well as in North African Arabic institutions. Also, Nnamdi Elleh at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, volunteered to help compile the information in the near future and to forward them to the appropriate persons/agencies who will be in charge of the website or who are building the website.

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africalia — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:31:45 CST

La Cambre ISACF 12/12/2007

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Those present:

Professor Shihembetsa Laban (reporter)

Professor Verschure Han

Professor Mosha Livin

Professor Bensaid El Montacir

Professor Esho Lawrence

Summary:
One of the key-aspects in networking in research is :
-the capacity building issue or the possibility of developing schools and carrying out training.
The reporter also evoked the need for :
-a database which should display ongoing researches on the themes of African architecture and urban planning.
-funding with the obvious need to form a committee to carry the process forward and prepare a proposal on funding.

Key Areas of Address:
Mapping:
- Staff development going hand in hand with the whole issue of mobility and exchange. Most members recognized that there is a need to help upgrading some of their colleague’s academic levels and professional advancements through the possibility to apply for grants or scholarships. There is an obvious need to promote training and mobility of doctoral-level researchers. Also, joint researches on themes of common interest should be more promoted and made transparent between institutions.
As mentioned previously,
-a database focused on African architecture and urban planning should be created. There could be found data regarding conference papers, reviewed papers and published works.
-With the help of a committee, a proposal for funding should be made, with the help of special programmes such as Edulink or Mandela.

The conclusion for the Scheme:

With the outcome of this workgroup, it appears that the scope of the network is narrowed down to the sole area of education and research. The core of the network will be educational.

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africalia — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:29:46 CST

La Cambre ISACF 12/12/2007

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Those Present:

Hannah Leroux (reporter)
Nicholas Clarke
Iain Low

Jean-Pierre Maïssa

Alphonce Kyessi

Anselmo Cani
Antoni Folkers

Bjorn Maes

Summary: The team reflected upon the organization of a joint award-exhibition-publication project in the field of African architecture.

Key Areas of Address:
Mapping:

-Awards-
(1) Status Quo, what is already there-
The reporter made an inventory of the different architecture awards present in Africa and quoted the very important Aga Khan award- only available for Muslim countries-.
Then, he examined the exhibitions and biennales displaying contemporary African architecture. At last, he browsed through the publications and editions related to the latter topic.

(2) Lacks and gaps-
He then went through the lacks in the areas mentioned previously.
There are indeed several awards existing for African architecture but they coexist separately; an integration that would concern the whole of Africa is needed.This award should also be legitimate and all the partners in our network should feel invited to paticipate in this prize.
Several ideas are proposed on the award level: award for best student projects in Africa, award for best professional project or award for best community based project…

-Exhibition-
There is obviously a need for the exposure of African architecture in Africa and the world. Actually, emerging architecture in East and West-Africa are not yet part of the global picture on architecture. It should be seen in Africa and it should draw people to the locations to visit it and see it for themselves.
The related questions to this are the form that this exhibition should take and if it should go together with the conference, for instance.

-Publication-
The main problem is that architects are not publishing, there is a major lack of information on what is being produced and thought upon.A research award would bring this out.

Also a website and a newsletter should give shape to this network. Another idea would be to write a template letter inviting all participants to become a correspondent to the network.
There could be a selection of published academic articles which would be paid for.
In order to ensure the smooth running of the project, there should be a guest editor and an African-based editing house which puts in motion written publications on the field of architecture by local architects on the place itself and aimed at local people too.

-Organisation-
First comes the issue of audience: for whom are we organizing these events and then the issue of distribution: how do we get this back to Africa?
A capacity/an infrastructure should be built, that could then be established in other countries.
Perhaps could the project be endorsed by The African Union of Architects. It is a gathering of representative practitioners and academics from local regions.
Progressively, the network should open up to a wider circle of representative organisations on African architecture. It could work towards national pre-selection, then a regional, and eventually a continental one.

Priorities to be addressed as soon as the opportunity arises:
Topics to be reflected upon

- Are there any models we can look at on the organizational side?
- Should the awards refer to a single or to many themes? Should it be a monetary prize or just an award? How could it gain some legitimacy?
-Would it be a development award / and if so, applicable to different stages of a project?
-Should the exhibition-award be brought to a national level first and then to the regional/continental level? Should the exhibition be the output of the competition?
-For whom would this price be aimed at? Would it be for an architecture exclusively built and designed in Africa? Would it be limited to professionals or also opened to communities that are building for themselves?
-Would a one-off exhibition have a greater impact than a regular one?
-What and how are defined the criteria or categories of selection?
-Should there be one big prize or a series of smaller ones? Here comes the issue of “less is more”/”start small” vs the opposite approach .
-Should the exhibition be linked to the biannual conference? (space there, participants there for jury)
-Could it realistically bring people to the arena from countries with a lack of resources? What are the barriers for that? What is possible to overcome this issue?
-Reflexion upon the issues of audience and distribution
-What would be a realistic proposal to set up an African architecture award?
The constitution of a committee? It is urgent to define the core ideas, to start preparing now a steering committee to work it out and establish it in the next 2-3 years.
-There would be the need to hire a full-time coordinator to coordinate this and bring it all together. Could ArchiAfrika and/or Africalia be in charge for that?
-The specific issue of management-fundraising is especially pressing, the logistics of this award/exhibition:minimum
10 000 euros
-Would there be any tax implications on prizes?

Concrete steps
Who can do what

> Iain Low: in charge of the publication of the architecture digest
> Africalia : can find some time for coordination, look for funding and fundraising, can help to kick start this project
> Nicholas Clarke : resource efficiency (?)
> Anselmo Cani : can be the focal point for the Mozambique Association of Architects (+ links to Portuguese-speaking countries)
> Jean-Pierre Maïssa : his architectural school in Gabon can bring something new to the fore: a conceptual input .
> Antoni Folkers : idem ditto Africalia – he can bring resources in to make this happen, seek funding and facilitation
> Alphonce Kyessi: can participate to the organization of a national exhibition on the East-African level (venue, publications and content, linking region). He will not be able to contribute on the money-seeking side but can look for people to give prizes (financers to give prizes)
> Nnamdi Elleh : he will be in charge of the database.

The conclusions for the Scheme:

- Further research needs to be done in order to build the basis for a funding application for this award and exhibition. An architecture postgraduate should be hired for a full-time fundraiser position for a couple of months (5000>8000 € to have it done properly) and should be in charge of building an argument for potential funders.
-The exhibition-award and conference should go all together.
-The award should not be a prestigious trophy/a publicity one-off but an event oriented towards knowledge and diffusion
-The database should be constantly updated and documented as well as the network kept alive
-The next conference will definitely happen in Pretoria in April 2009

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africalia — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:01:24 CST

NAME	INSTITUTION	COUNTRY
AGIRO Abiy T.	KU Leuven	Belgium
BENABDELJALIL a Abdel	Ecole nationale d'architecture, Casablanca	Morocco
BENSAID El Montacir	ENA,Rabat	Morocco
BRUNFAUT Victor	ISACF, Bruxelles	Belgium
CLARKE Nicholas	University of Pretoria	South Africa
DETHEUX Anne	Université de Liège	Belgium
DJEGUEMA Adebayo Koffi	EAMAU , Lomé	Togo
ELLEH Nnamdi	University of Cincinnati	United States
ESHO Lawrence	KU Leuven	Belgium
FAKAMBI Bankole	EPA, Porto-Novo	Benin
FOLKERS Antoni	ArchiAfrika, Utrecht	The Netherlands
GAYE Malick	ENDA, Dakar	Senegal
GOSSE Marc	ISACF, Bruxelles	Belgium
INTSIFUL George W.K.	Kwame Nkrumah University, Kumasi	Ghana
KERE Francis	Kere Architecture	Germany
KIMANI Bruce	KU Leuven	Belgium
KOUADIO Nda Nguessan	EAMAU,Lomé	Togo
KYESSI Alphonce	Ardhi University (ARU), Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania
LECLERCQ Pierre	Université de Liège	Belgium
LEROUX Hannah	University of the Witswatersrand	South Africa
LOW Iain	University of Cape Town	South Africa
MAES Bjorn	AFRICALIA, Brussels	Belgium
MAISSA Jean-Pierre	APU, Libreville	Gabon
MOSHA Livin	Ardhi University (ARU), Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania
NYCOLAAS Flora	TU Delft	The Netherlands
PIGEON Pauline	AFRICALIA, Brussels	Belgium
SERAG Yehya	KU Leuven	Belgium
SHIHEMBETSA Laban	University of Nairobi	Kenya
VAN TASSEL Daan	KU Leuven	Belgium
VANDER LANS Berend	ArchiAfrika, Utrecht	The Netherlands
VERSCHURE Han	KU Leuven	Belgium

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africalia — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:30:01 CST

This meeting is an opportunity to help reinforce sustainable development in urbanism in Africa and to improve overall quality in contemporary architecture. It is a trigger to launch exchanges and build perspectives of networks, collaborations and projects “in Africa by and for Africans”.

To strengthen and develop the network thanks to a stronger inter-universitary collaboration.

To organize yearly seminars/conferences on certain relevant themes such as technology, urban planning and urban crisis.

To produce a travelling exhibition of great contemporary African architecture, and an award so that there is a better diffusion of contemporary production in architecture.

1

New Year's Day

18
AANET online test + meeting
Africalia
ArchiAfrika
LaCambre

21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day

See also: Brainstorming | Team Members | Project Schedule