Abstract
Professors François Vigier and Mona Serageldin led the Spring 1994 Design Studio, an annual seminar hosted by the Unit for Housing and Urbanization at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. The topic that year focused on urban development in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
The document, “Designing for Urban Growth: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire” (January 1994), discussed the housing compound profiles, land allocation, household demographics, and design conditions of Abidjan’s housing regions. The report details designs for dealing with environmental impacts such as organic and industrial effluents, solutions for reducing public subsidies for housing, reforms the housing production, and, in particular, suggestions for readdressing the respective responsibilities of the public and private sectors.
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| Project Year: | 1994 |
| Project Type: | Urban Design Studio |
| Geographic Regions: | Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire |
| Reports: | 1994 Design Studio: Abidjan Designing for Urban Growth (Report, Vigier and Serageldin) |
| Authors: | Mona Serageldin; François Vigier; Samir Abdulac; Howard Trett; Randa Tukan; David Neilson |
| Sponsors: | Unit for Housing and Urbanization, Harvard University Graduate School of Design |
| Categories: | Design Studios; Education |
| ID: | 1994_01_001 |
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