Applied Foreign Affairs: Investigating Spatial Phenomena in Rural and Urban Sub-saharan Africa (Edition Angewandte)

Sub-Sahara - Exceptional project work [a]FA is a laboratory of the Institute of Architecture of the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, in which spatial, infrastructure, ecological and cultural phenomena of the Sub-Saharan region are investigated. The concept for each project is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-cultural approach. This publication documents three projects that were carried out between 2011 and 2015. GUABULIGA \_ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING in northern Ghana, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE at Ghana’s Atlantic coast, and LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR of Congo. The book illustrates the projects’ creative processes and contexts, embedded in contemporary discourses – well-known experts from architecture, art, theory, and urban sociology take a stand. * Contributions from well-known architects, urban researchers, artists, and scientists from Africa, Europe, and the USA * Innovative interdisciplinary and applied research Contents Context Geographical Location and Data Satellite Image Guabuliga Traditionally, we don ́t sell land, but things are changing of late Work Project Image Migrations from A to [a] Project Brief / Baerbel Mueller Narrative Mappings Introduction Do you come back tomorrow? Rhythms of Production The Spatial Cell Living Together Apart. Forms of Sociality in a Kasena house Living Manifestations Talking Trees Guabuliga Foodscapes Market Ground(s) Well by the Thorn Tree Dynamic Growth Plan Guabuliga Introduction and Evolution Diagram Guabuliga 1902 / 2004 Guabuliga 2012 / 2032 Wind Analysis Guabuliga 2032 Dry Season / Rainy Season From Responsive to Responsible Growth Strategy for Housing Dry Season Gardens Guabuliga Greenbelt Introduction and De/Reforestation Village Zoning and Greenbelt Zoning Planting Plan and Tree Species Greenbelt Planting Day Process Field Work and Drawing Sessions Field Trips and Meetings Facsimile of Hand Drawings Work in Vienna and Elsewhere Engaging with the Everyday Greenbelt Preparations The Second Field Lab Future Steps and Encounters Statements of Participants Project Credits Presentations Exhibition Nubuke Foundation Accra Slightly Lost in Translation Exhibition IoA Sliver Gallery Angewandte Vienna Guabuliga Gallery Exhibition SWOPA Sirigu The Social Turn is Gaining Momentum—Finally Future Guabuliga Greenbelt Introduction, Project Organigram, and Timeline Statements by the Chief and Villagers 2015 Leveraged Philanthropy Guabuliga Water Project The Guabuliga Solar-Powered Water Project Guabuliga Water Project 2015 Guabuliga Water Project Opening Ceremony What was, what is, and never again

[a]FA ist ein Lab des Instituts für Architektur an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, in dem räumliche, infrastrukturelle, ökologische und kulturelle Phänomene der Sub-Sahara untersucht werden. Jedes Projekt ist transdisziplinär und transkulturell konzipiert.

Das Buch dokumentiert drei Projekte, die in den Jahren 2011-2015 durchgeführt wurden: GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING (( kursiv )) im Norden Ghanas, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE an der Atlantikküste Ghanas, und LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR Kongo. Es zeigt die Projekte in ihrem Entstehungsprozess und Kontext und bettet sie in aktuelle Diskurse ein: renommierte Experten aus Architektur, Kunst, Theorie und Stadtsoziologie nehmen Stellung.

[A]FA ist ein Lab des Instituts für Architektur an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, in dem räumliche, infrastrukturelle, ökologische und kulturelle Phänomene der Sub-Sahara untersucht werden. Jedes Projekt ist transdisziplinär und transkulturell konzipiert. -- Das Buch dokumentiert drei Projekte, die in den Jahren 2011-2015 durchgeführt wurden: GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING ((kursiv)) im Norden Ghanas, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE an der Atlantikküste Ghanas, und LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR Kongo. Es zeigt die Projekte in ihrem Entstehungsprozess und Kontext und bettet sie in aktuelle Diskurse ein: renommierte Experten aus Architektur, Kunst, Theorie und Stadtsoziologie nehmen Stellung