Browsing Architecture by Subject "informality"

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[in]formal Pattern Language - A guide to Handmade Improvitecture© in Cairo

Nafeh, Nada (University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)

The thesis is situated in Cairo, a city with 64% of the population living in informal settlements. Cairo‘s informality transcends, however, the boundaries of these areas and manifests itself daily in spatial and temporal ...
A Portrait of Porta Portese

Yang, Amy Ya-Chih (University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)

This thesis investigates an informally self-organized street market, Porta Portese, in Rome, Italy. As a response to the contemporary phenomenon of migration, of people and goods, Porta Portese reflects the city’s evolving ...