Other Modernisms: Recording Diversity and Communicating History in Urban West Africa

Seminal publications on West African Architecture such as Kulterman’s New Architecture in Africa and the Architectural Review’s New Commonwealth Architecture came to define the African Modern Movement as it was understood internationally. This paper explores the specific context within which this new architecture developed and the actors that helped to shape it. Vaughan–Richards’ Ola–Oluwakitan House and Cubitt’s Elder Dempster Offices are analyzed in terms of their engagement with the socio-cultural context in which they were conceived, the site-specific Modernity of the former contrasting the corporate International Style response of the latter

Architecture scolaire et éducation en Afrique anglophone, xixe-xxe siècles

Nous présentons ici une brève analyse de l’architecture et du développement scolaires dans l’Afrique subsaharienne, en se référant plus particulièrement au Nigeria, l’ouest du continent et l’Afrique du Sud. Cet article se concentre sur la période des années cinquante aux années soixante-dix, c’est-à-dire avant et après l’indépendance. Nous suggérons que les programmes récents d’architecture scolaire se tournent vers les théories éducatives du passé, avec comme notion clef l’école publique au centre de la communauté et accessible à tous les citoyens.Presented here is a short analysis of educational design and development in sub-saharan Africa, with special reference to Nigeria, in West Africa and South Africa. The paper focuses on design developments in the 1950s-1970s, the pre and post independence period in Africa. It suggests that recent programmes in school design are returning to educational theories of the pasts, focusing on the state school being the centre of the community and accessible to all citizens.Unter besonderer Bezugnahme auf Nigeria, West- und Südafrika wird in diesem Beitrag eine kurze Analyse der Entwicklungslinien bei der Gestaltung von Bildungseinrichtungen in den südlich der Sahara gelegenen Teilen Afrikas vorgelegt. Dabei werden die Entwicklungen im Bereich des Designs in den 1950er bis 1970er Jahren, mithin in der Zeit vor und nach der Unabhängigkeit besonders in den Blick genommen. Er legt nahe, dass neuere Pläne zur Schulgestaltung wieder zu Bildungstheorien der Vergangenheit zurückkehren und die staatliche Schule als allen Bürgern zugänglicher Mittelpunkt des Gemeinwesens im Auge haben

The Exposure of Workers at a Busy Road Node to PM2.5: Occupational Risk Characterisation and Mitigation Measures

The link between air pollution and health burden in urban areas has been well researched. This has led to a plethora of effective policy-induced monitoring and interventions in the global south. However, the implication of pollutant species like PM2.5 in low middle income countries (LMIC) still remains a concern. By adopting a positivist philosophy and deductive reasoning, this research addresses the question, to what extent can we deliver effective interventions to improve air quality at a building structure located at a busy road node in a LMIC? This study assessed the temporal variability of pollutants around the university environment to provide a novel comparative evaluation of occupational shift patterns and the use of facemasks as risk control interventions. The findings indicate that the concentration of PM2.5, which can be as high as 300% compared to the WHO reference, was exacerbated by episodic events. With a notable decay period of approximately one-week, adequate protection and/or avoidance of hotspots are required for at-risk individuals within a busy road node. The use of masks with 80% efficiency provides sufficient mitigation against exposure risks to elevated PM2.5 concentrations without occupational shift, and 50% efficiency with at least ‘2 h ON, 2 h OFF’ occupational shift scenario

Learning spaces:built, natural and digital considerations for learning and learners

Learning spaces: Built, natural and digital considerations for learning and learner

Networking and strategic deal-making in the Caribbean: Using archives to examine Max Lock’s 1950s planning adventures in the West Indies

Max Lock, a networking “global” professional Max Lock’s obituary notice in 1988 suggested the death of a traditional British establishment figure who happened to have had a varied architectural and planning past. This did not tell the full story. In his just under 80 years, Lock had lived and worked through a near century of change, from his non-conformist background as a Quaker, to attending the Architectural Association (aa), his conscientious objection to army conscription in World War II ..