Building Ethiopia. Sustainability and innovation in architecture and design.

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Ce volume précède le 2^e volume intitulé : Building Ethiopia. Innovations in the built environment (2015).

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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 scientific book 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.

Zegeye Cherenet (2012)

Zegeye Cherenet studied architecture and town planning at Addis Ababa University and holds a Master of Architecture degree from IIT, Roorkee – India. Since 1998, he has been teaching architectural design and construction as the Chair Holder of Architecture and Design I at EIABC-AAU. He was a guest lecturer in various colleges and universities in Ethiopia on theories of architecture, and vernacular architecture focusing on Ethiopia and contemporary trends of African urbanization. In 2006/2007 he was also an academic guest at the Department of Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology- ETH in Zurich, teaching Design and Construction studios. He also served as the general secretary of the Association of Ethiopian Architects (AEA). In addition to teaching architectural design he has served as a Deputy Scientific Director of EIABC (since its establishment until March 2011) and along side run his practice with his partners (OADUS Pic) in Addis Ababa. He has designed and realized a variety of private and public projects within Ethiopia. Currently he is conducting a research for his Doctoral degree in HCU-Germany on designing the informal-searching strategies in architecture and urbanism for water sensitivity.

Helawi Sewnet (2012)

Helawi Sewnet studied Architecture and Urban Planning at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and earned his Master of Advanced Studies in Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). Since 2007, he has been teaching architectural design studios at EIABC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For the past two years he has been coordinating the design studios I & II, which led to the publication of this book. His latest studio research work focused on housing strategies in Addis Ababa. He practices architecture as a freelancer, participating in several competitions and won a couple of prizes. Amongst them, the African Village, a large-scale urban master plan design competition, showed his thoughts and intentions towards urbanism in the African context. He is currently engaged in the SECU research project (Sustainable Emerging City Unit), which is elaborating on innovative and low-weight construction materials and techniques for emerging cities in Ethiopia.

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• Dirk Hebel
• Karola Hahn
• Fabio Ferraresi
• Joachim Dieter
• Uta Bogenrieder
• Ezana Yoseph
• Dagmawi Tilahun
• Ephriam Million
• Estifanos Kiflu
• Leulseged Tibebu
• Mohamed Jemal
• Samia Ibrahim
• Tewodros Adam
• Nigist Gebrehiwot
• Samson Tingbani
• Yoseph Teferi
• Tewedaj Eshetu
• Rami Mohmmed
• Huda Ahmed
• Kumneger Taye
• Bisrat Kifle
• Felix Heisel
• Marta Wisniewska
• Brook Teklehaimanot

Biblethiophile, 19.08.2026