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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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
Old Market in Mekele
Harar : Walled city
A network of spaces of various forms and sizes
Side street in Addis Abba near the Merkato (thought to be one of the largest markets in Africa)
Addis Abba
Vegetable market on a pavement
Pedestrians occuping the streets
Three stories of active frontage as mixed use is a matter of fact
Internal arcade of the building to the left
Addis Abba | Merkato
Space = opportunity
Addis Abba | Merkato
People have made space for themselves.
Addis Abba | Merkato
Potential border vacuums are rather immensely active edges.
Alley dedicated to the sale and repurposing of metal
Throughout the country, building work seems more numerous than built stock.
People have made space for themselves.
As buildings are build completed floors are inhabited
Shop Bank
merkato epitomizes an “ideal” urban environment or a “real” public space – ruled by the people and reminiscent of the Roman Forum
Backalley in Piazza
Operating late in the night with music and makeshift lighting
Harar Christian market
A part of daily life
Timkat celebration of jesus’s baptism
Ethiopia’s aspiration to compete on a global stage
Bole | Business District | Addis Abba
Bole | Addis Abba
Vehicle orientated boulevards dissect the city.
Bole | Addis Abba
Development is rude, maximising the cost benefits and divorcing itself from the public realm.
Bole | Addis Abba
The city as a market…
Lalibela market
