Chair of / Cátedra de /
Lehrstuhl für

Archi-
tecture
&
Urban
Design

Prof. Hubert Klumpner

 

Chair of Architecture and
Urban Design /  
Institute of Landscape- and
Urban Studies / LUS
Member of Network City and Landscape / NSL
Co-Director of ETH Wohnforum,
Centre for Architecture
Society and Environment / ETH Wohnforum / ETH CASE
Co-Founder and Members
of Institute of Science
Technology and Policy / ISTP
Member of the ETH Sustainability
Steering Committee
Informal Urbanism Regional
Hub of UN-Habitat Universities

 

DARCH

Kigali Mission Complete

Our Seminar Week students have come back from a week in Kigali, Rwanda, where discussed conceptual projects for health care centers with their counterparts at the University of Kigali, Department of Architecture and Environmental Studies.

Kigali, the capital of Rwanda has re-designed itself to be Africa`s model gateway city, a global example for implementing environmental cleanliness and leapfrogging future-orientated sectors of innovation. The topography of hills, villages, and wetlands, the dynamics between visible and invisible infrastructures of the formal and informal city, and contrasting realities of central and peripheral areas challenge the implementation of visionary policies projecting a future for a middle- income country by 2035.

We explored urban atmospheres, engage with our local partners, students, architects, planners, and changemakers to discuss questions on resilience and sustainability. We visited vibrant public spaces, agricultural wetland projects, innovation hubs, and prototypical architectures for health and education that promote process, material resourcefulness and design as a tool to positively impact people in complex transient african environments.

Now students will feed back their impressions to the broader Design Studio cohort, to continue developing common themes for health care centers and more as a group.

Have a look at the image carousel for impressions of our experiences, and watch the small video of our time: vimeo.com/766146153/341f2dbb04