Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda - Architectural Inquiries Andáprospects for a Developing African City

Through a culturally informed view of urban and rural lifestyles and spaces, Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda presents principles and proposals for neighbourhood development in the challenging context of Kigali's informal settlements. The lessons learned in Rwanda provide an urgent study for scholars and practitioners across disciplines.

About the author

Korydon Smith is professor of architecture at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of Inclusive Design: Implementation and Evaluation and Just Below the Line: Disability, Housing, and Equity in the South, and the editor of Diversity and Design: Understanding Hidden Consequences, Introducing Architectural Theory: Debating a Discipline, and the second edition of the Universal Design Handbook.

Tomà Berlanda is professor of architecture at University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the author of Architectural Topographies: A Graphic Lexicon of How Buildings Touch the Ground and Between Rural and Urban: Socially Active Ecosystems.

Product details

• Authors: Toma Berlanda, Tomà Berlanda, Korydon H Smith, Korydon H. Smith, Korydon H./ Berlanda Smith
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781682260623
• ISBN: 978-1-68226-062-3
• No. of pages: 265
• Series: Fay Jones Collaborative; Fay Jones Collaborative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)