Building Ethiopia. Innovations in the built environment.

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Ce volume représente la suite du 1^er volume intitulé : Building Ethiopia. Sustainability and innovation in architecture and design. (2012).

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As Ethiopia is home to one of the fastest growing urban population in the world (an average of 5% per annum), an accelerating need for structures, strategies and systems for accomodating this rising demand has become urgent. Through its chairs and laboratories, EIABC has been experimenting on developing methods and systems to contextually and appropriately respond to this current demand. As a result, many projects dealing with design strategies in all scales (architectural and urban) had been undertaken, with the primary aim of delineating not only sustainable urban & architectural systems, but also achieving an adaptable, flexible and equitable urban structure which can accomodate transformations.

The book will present a comprehensive record of all the factors and forces shaping the urban centers of our time in Ethiopia and we believe that the different positions proposed and projected in this book will assist as tools in future planning and design endeavours for emerging cities all around the world.

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The first architectural & urban multi authored, scientific book series to be published in Ethiopia, « Building Ethiopia » attempts to record and document the prominent ideologies, approaches, and discoveries of its time within the disciplines of the built environment. It is intended to create a link between the academia, practicioners and decision makers of the building sector, as only the integration of these three actors will bring about the changes and innovations needed to push the construction industry forward. This publication hopes to become a medium through which further partnerships and collaborations within the respective disciplines are forged, as well as a provocative platform for constructive discussions about the NOW and the very near TOMORROW of the architecture of ETHIOPIA, which is loaded with both tremendous potentials and formidable challenges.

Helawi Sewnet (2015)

Helawi Sewnet is an architect researcher and lecturer with the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EIABC). For the last seven years he has been working on various research and experiments focusing on innovative, green and affordable housing alternatives and constructing prototype buildings for lower income neighborhoods in Ethiopia. Parallel, he has been teaching design studios of architecture students and leading various workshops and seminars that deal with sustainable building solutions. Helawi studied Architecture at the Addis Ababa University, and earned his Master of Advanced Studies in Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He was the founder and editor of the ‘Building Ethiopia’ multi-authored book series, which records and documents the prominent innovations, ideologies and discoveries within the disciplines of the built environment in the country. Helawi serves on the Executive Committee of the Association of Ethiopian Architects (2014-2017) and was a 2014 Mandela Washington Fellow. He is currently doing his MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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• Joachim Dieter
• Beatrice Delpouve
• Ephrem Gebremariam
• Atakilli Abraha
• Fasil Ghiorgis
• Ezana Yoseph
• Bisrat Kifle
• Heyaw Terefe
• Dagmawi Tilahun
• Ephrem Million
• Leulseged Tibebu
• Etsegenet Melesse
• Sarah Abdulhafiz
• Anteneh Tesfaye
• Solomon Tesfaye
• Eshet Huluka
• Brook Teklehaimanot
• Agus Prianto
• Maximillan Effah

Biblethiophile, 19.08.2026