Proceedings of Seminar Seven in the series Architectural Transformations in the Islamic World. Held in Dakar, Senegal, November 2-5, 1982.
CONTENTS
Seminar Participants v
Opening Remarks
- His Excellency Abdou Diouf xii
- His Highness the Aga Khan xiv
Introduction xvii
Mohammed Arkoun
1. History
Urban History and Tradition in the Sahel 1
Jean Devisse
The Ecology and Ideology of Cities on the Edge of the Desert 9
Jean-Jacques Guibbert
2. Reading
Dakar Without Bounds 27
Jacques Bugnicourt
Comments 43
Pikine, Senegal: A Reading of a Contemporary African City 45
Fatou Sow
The Assimilation of Traditional Practices in Contemporary Architecture 61
Roland Depret
Goree, Dakar, Pikine 73
Giancarlo de Carlo
Symbols, Signs, Signals: Walls of the City 75
Jean-Jacques Guibbert
3. Tools for Development
Logistical, Socio-Economic and Technical Aspects of Construction in Senegal 86
Raoul Sneider
Nomination Procedures for Architects in West Africa 89
Philip Langley
Comments 97
Mopti: Tradition in the Present. Elements for reflection and action in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa 101
Jean-Jacques Guibbert
Growth and Evolution of the Dakar Suburbs: the Case of Grand-Yoff 113
Mohamed Soumare and Emmanuel Ndione
A Plan for Participative Improvement 118
Mohamed Soumare
An Experiment in Self-Help Construction: the Castors of Dakar 121
Annik Osmont
The "Improved Parcels of Land" Project 129
Mamadou Lamine Bop
The Planned Habitat: HLMs, SI CAP, Improved Parcels of Land 131
Gusman Blondin Diop
A Sterilizing Capital: Nouakchott 133
Serge Theunynck
New Strategies in the Face of Urbanization in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania 147
Boubakar Messaoud
Architecture, Urbanism and School Construction: The Actors 149
Jan de Bosch Kemper
Site Visit to Rosso, Mauritania 151
ADAUA and Editors
Concluding Remarks
Labelle Prussin 155
Mohammed Arkoun 163
His Highness the Aga Khan IV 165
Editor and Production Manager . . . . . Brian Brace Taylor
Editorial Assistant .... Beatrice Grou-Radenez
Taylor, Brian Brace, editor. Reading the Contemporary African City. Singapore: Concept Media/Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1983.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture