Coherent Urban Complexity: The Issue of Architectural Control, the Case of Bole-Medhanialem Commercial Corridor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The city of Addis Ababa,the capital of Ethiopia is experiencing tremendous changes,spatial as well as social and economic.The urban transformation of the city has shifted towards fragmented urban fabrics which fall short of coherent integration and enclosure of urban spaces for social interaction.Th...

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Published inJournal of landscape research Vol. 9; no. 5; pp. 41 - 46
Main Authors Haile, Tsegaye Wubengda, Zhongwei, Shen, Tsegaye, Mosissa Samuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cranston Wu Chu (USA-China) Science and Culture Media Corporation 01.10.2017
Subjects
Airports
Architects
Authoritarianism
Cities
Codes
Coherence
Guidelines
Social interaction
Trends
Urban planning
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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Summary:The city of Addis Ababa,the capital of Ethiopia is experiencing tremendous changes,spatial as well as social and economic.The urban transformation of the city has shifted towards fragmented urban fabrics which fall short of coherent integration and enclosure of urban spaces for social interaction.This research evaluates recent commercial corridors of the city with regard to currently employed design regulations and guidelines.The paper reports findings of a site investigation,describes the emerging urban characteristics of Addis Ababa and the factors leading up to such urban form.The paper emphasizes on the importance of employing architectural limits on local design standards as they offer potential to achieve a coherent urban'whole'.
Bibliography:TSEGAYE Wubengda Haile;SHEN Zhongwei;MOSISSA Samuel Tsegaye;School of Architecture and Design, Southwest Jiaotong University
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ISSN:1943-989X
DOI:10.16785/jissn1943-989x.2017.5.008