Design-Building Infrastructures: The Imizamo Yethu Water Platforms: paper presented at the Sustainable Futures Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya

Mike Louw

Design-Building Infrastructures: The Imizamo Yethu Water Platforms: paper presented at the Sustainable Futures Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya

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Abstract

The Imizamo Yethu water platforms were an annual design-build project that involved the design and construction of small-scale physical infrastructure interventions in an "informal" settlement close to Cape Town, South Africa. It ran for seven years from 2010-2017 and it has included various attempts at creating social and economic infrastructures to provide more comprehensive benefits to the community besides the platforms’ physical manifestation. This paper presents a description of the project and reflects on some of its successes and shortcomings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SFC 2016 : Sustainable Futures Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Architecture and Construction in the Global South
Pages	212-221
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780620722902
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Sustainable Futures Conference: Architecture and Construction in the Global South - Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Duration: 30 Aug 2016 → 2 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference	Sustainable Futures Conference
Country/Territory	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Period	30/08/16 → 2/09/16

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Design-Building Infrastructures: The Imizamo Yethu Water Platforms: paper presented at the Sustainable Futures Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. / Louw, Mike.
SFC 2016 : Sustainable Futures Conference: Architecture and Construction in the Global South. 2016. p. 212-221.

Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review

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