05.09 - 19.09.2019
TOPIC 0:
ABDE
TOPIC 1:
MARLENE
TOPIC 2:
ALICE
TOPIC 3:
SARA
TOPIC 4:
MENGXUE
TOPIC 5:
JENNIFER
TOPIC 6:
CAROLINA
TOPIC 7:
HAN
TOPIC 8:
ADRIAN
TOPIC 0:
HISTORY
GHANA - PRECOLONIAL PERIOD
GHANA - ASHANTI KINGDOM
GHANA - FIRST EUROPEANS IN GHANA (SLAVE TRADE)
GHANA - TIME OF COLONIZATION/BRITISH GOLD COAST
GHANA - INDEPENDENCE
GHANA - TODAY
GHANA - FUTURE VISION
- SHOW LINK BETWEEN HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE-
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EXTRA:
- CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY
- RELIGION
- LANGUAGES AND ETHNIC GROUPS
- ECONOMY
TOPIC 1:
„WALK THROUGH HISTORY“
INDEPENDENCE ARCH SQUARE (PRESENTATION STUDENT)
KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL PARK (PRESENTATION STUDENT)
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EXTRA:
- TIME OF INDEPENDENCE
- LIFE AND INFLUENCE OF KWAME NKRUMAH
TOPIC 2:
URBAN STRUCTURE // ACCRA
CITY STRUCTURE OF ACCRA (DEVELOPMENT FROM PAST TILL TODAY)
- FIRST SETTLEMENT
- INFLUENCE OF COLONIAL POWER
DANISH: AROUND CHRISTIANSBOURG/OSU CASTLE
DUTCH: USSHER TOWN
BRITISH: JAMESTOWN
- TIME OF INDEPENDENCE
- GHANA TODAY
(PREPARATION OF MAPS/…)
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EXTRA:
- CITY DEVELOPMENT IN WEST AFRICA
- COMPARISON WITH TWO OTHER WESTAFRICAN CITIES
TOPIC 3:
(BRITISH) TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE (OUTSIDE OF GHANA)
LINK WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD
- WHERE DID THEY GET INSPIRED?
- ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS
- ARCHITECTS
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EXTRA:
- TYPICAL ELEMENTS IN TROPICAL MODERNISM (SHADING, CONSTRUCTION,…)
- RESEARCH ABOUT USED MATERIALS IN TROPICAL MODERNISM
TOPIC 4:
PUBLIC BUILDINGS // AFRICAN MODERNISM
NATIONAL THEATER CULTURE (PRESENTATION STUDENT)
TRADE FAIR (PRESENTATION STUDENT)
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EXTRA:
- AFRICAN PATTERN
- CULTURAL BACKGROUND
- PATTERN IN ARCHITECTURE (IN THE PAST - IN MODERNISM - TODAY)
TOPIC 5:
RESIDENTIAL IN TIME OF INDEPENDENCE// AFRICAN MODERNISM
NKRUMAH TOWERS
SCOTT HOUSE
- HOUSING
- TYPICAL FLOORPLANS/ORIENTATION/ VENTILATION...
- …
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EXTRA:
- LOCAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ALL OVER GHANA
- LATERIT?/ CLAY?/WOOD?/ STONE?/ ADOBE?/… WHAT IS AVAILABLE? AND WHERE
- CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL
TOPIC 6:
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
FLAGSTAFF HOUSE GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL STADIUM SPORTS (PRESENTATION STUDENT)
… DAVID ADJAYE PRESENTATION OF PROPOSAL ON NATIONAL CHURCH
… LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF ACCRA
… RECENT ARCHITECTURE DEPATES
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EXTRA:
- ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS GHANA
TOPIC 7:
EDUCATION BUILDINGS // AFRICAN MODERNISM
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA EDUCATION (PRESENTATION STUDENT)
KNUST CAMPUS KUMASI
MFANTSIPIM SCHOOL (CAPE COAST)
WESLEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL (CAPE COAST)
KNUST CAMPUS KUMASI
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EXTRA:
- KNUST ALUMNI: EL ANATSUI (ARTIST)
- KNUST ALUMNI: KOFI ANNAN
- SHORT INTRODUCTION TO SCHOOL SYSTEM GHANA
TOPIC 8:
MATERIAL // BAMBOO
- WHERE DO YOU FIND IT?
- HOW TO GROW IT?
- HOW TO TREAT BAMBOO?
- CHALLENGES & POTENTIAL?
- HOW TO TREAT BAMBOO?
- COSTS
- BUILDING WITH BAMBOO IN GHANA
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EXTRA:
- BUILT EXAMPLES ALL OVER THE WORLD
- COMPARISON: CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WOOD - BAMBOO
Mengxue Guo
Samuel Santschi
Benj Meyer
Daniel Kaufmann
Fränzi Brüngger
Sam Brüngger
Matthias Lüthi