future of public spaces i: michael de beer
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NO STREET IS LONELY IN ETHIOPIA
P R E S E N T A T I O N B Y
Michael de Beer
Rethinking Public Space
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Old Market in Mekele
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Harar : Walled city
A network of spaces of various forms and sizes
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Side street in Addis Abba near the Merkato (thought to be one of the largest markets in Africa)
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Addis Abba
Vegetable market on a pavement
Pedestrians occuping the streets
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Three stories of active frontage as mixed use is a matter of fact
Internal arcade of the building to the left
Addis Abba | Merkato
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Space = opportunity
Addis Abba | Merkato
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People have made space for themselves.
Addis Abba | Merkato
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Potential border vacuums are rather immensely active edges.
Alley dedicated to the sale and repurposing of metal
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Throughout the country, building work seems more numerous than built stock.
People have made space for themselves.
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As buildings are build completed floors are inhabited
Shop Bank
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merkato epitomizes an “ideal” urban environment or a “real” public space – ruled by the people and reminiscent of the Roman Forum
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Backalley in Piazza
Operating late in the night with music and makeshift lighting
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Harar Christian market
A part of daily life
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Timkat celebration of jesus’s baptism
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Ethiopia’s aspiration to compete on a global stage
Bole | Business District | Addis Abba
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Bole | Addis Abba
Vehicle orientated boulevards dissect the city.
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Bole | Addis Abba
Development is rude, maximising the cost benefits and divorcing itself from the public realm.
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Bole | Addis Abba
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The city as a market…
Lalibela market