MSc. Studio Maputo TU Delft. www.bk.tudelft.nl/en Students; Impression of the department of Architecture and planning in Maputo
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Mud is being used as a practical building material to construct architect-designed learning centres in villages across northern Mozambique. German architect Eike Roswag, who specialises in mud buildings, explains some of the techniques being adopted and promoted by the Aga Khan Foundation.
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The Portuguese Port town Inhambane is one of the oldest in Mozambique. In this tropical city you will find relaxing white beaches and clear waters as well as the colorful markets, architecture, and lifestyle of local villagers.
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Bergen school of architecture: master course, 2009 "How to be an architect in a foreign culture?"
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MSc Studio on the topic of Maputo, Mozambique Faculty of Architecture Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, University of Pretoria ArchiAfrika Comments by A.Folkers, Architect
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Bergen school of architecture: master course, 2009 "How to be an architect in a foreign culture?"
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This rather unique movie shows Pancho Guedes in his own Home and studio discussing with Antonino Saggio about several issues .Read on Guedes www.arc1.uniroma1.it
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Bergen school of architecture: master course, 2009 "How to be an architect in a foreign culture?"
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Ilha Santa Carolina or also known as "Paradise Island" became famous in the sixties, when people like Bob Dylan and Elton John visited the island. The island had a hotel, built in Portuguese style architecture. Bob Dylan wrote a song about the island and Mozambique and its said he did that in the entertainment area of the hotel, on the first floor with the most stunning view over the ocean. Nowadays its a ruin, as a result of being abandoned and cyclones.
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This rather unique movie shows Pancho Guedes in his own Home and studio discussing with Antonino Saggio about several issues .Read on Guedes www.arc1.uniroma1.it
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This rather unique movie shows Pancho Guedes in his own Home and studio discussing with Antonino Saggio about several issues .Read on Guedes www.arc1.uniroma1.it
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Anadarko and its partners safely conducted a successful flow test at the Barquentine-2 well offshore Mozambique during early March 2012. The drillstem test exhibited exceptional flow characteristics indicative of a highly productive reservoir with good continuity. The flow test was conducted by the Deepwater Millennium drillship in the deep waters off the northern coast of Mozambique, where the company has drilled eight successful wells since 2010 and made one of the most significant natural gas discoveries in the last decade. Flow testing is an essential step in confirming the productivity of a reservoir to determine the optimal development scenarios for a field. By determining the flow characteristics, Anadarko expects to be able to design the appropriate subsea architecture that will enable its partnership to efficiently and safely produce these natural gas resources.
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Preview of Kcgunther's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Ibo, Mozambique Entry Title: "Special guest entry - Ilha to Ibo to Pemba" Entry: "Kyle's cousin Greg here, hijacking his blog on behalf of the Ruth family. I'm going to try to set a record for entry length and verbosity here, so continue at your own risk. Our journey on this entry begins in Ilha de Mocambique, where I spent a month working and Kyle spent a week visiting. On the fifth day of Kyle's stay on Ilha (Wednesday May 28) my parents' flight arrived in Nampula, 180 km west of the island. Jorge, my client and the owner of the property at which we were staying, was feeling ill and had been required to drive the 4 hour round trip to Nampula each of the previous two days for business, so we spared him having to go three times in three days, borrowed the car of Hafiz, the leader of the Muslim brotherhood on the island, and set out to Nampula with Kyle at the wheel.. Before we left, Jorge reminded us a few times to bring both our passports and licenses as being stopped by police at periodic checkpoints is a routine occurrence in Mozambique (and not having required documents subjects you to fines and/or bribes). Just after we got across the one-lane bridge to the mainland, Jorge called my phone to let me know that there was an issue with the car: if you gave it more than the tiniest bit of ...
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Today, June 25, is the National Day of Croatia, also called Statehood Day, commemorating its autonomy gained in 1991.Adjacent to the Adriatic Sea in southeastern Europe, Croatia has many scenic parks including Plitvice Lakes National Park, with picturesque lakes, waterfalls, and caves. It is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. The country's Old City of Dubrovnik, or th "pearl of the Adriatic," is another UNESCO World Heritage Site. This day is also Mozambique's Independence Day, honoring its sovereignty attained in 1975. Located in southeastern Africa, between South Africa and Tanzania, it is home to the Bazaruto National Park, an archipelago and one of the largest marin parks in the Indian Ocean. The Island of Mozambique, known for its notable architecture, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The central European country of Slovenia, between Croatia and Austria, today observes its self-rule achieved in 1991. Its Skocjan Caves are among the most important in the world and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area has someof the grandest underground canyons on Earth. Slovenia's attractive Triglav National Park is one of the oldest and largest in Europe. Dr. Janez Drnovsek, the country's late and much-loved vegan president, received a Shining World Leadership Award from Supreme Master Ching Hai for his noble example and forward-thinking model to solve the world's problems with compassion. May the amicable citizens ...
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Tanzania Population - 43739000 Area - 364898 sq mi (905203 sq km) Ethnicity - 120 different Ethnic Groups Official Language - N/A Continent - Africa North of Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi East of Rwanda and Burundi South of Kenya and Uganda Political Status - 3rd World en.wikipedia.org Very difficult to pinpoint an official language and a major ethnic group in this country because there is so many different ethnic cultures. One thing that binds the people together is that they are simply African. Even though there are many Africans that are dying of starvation, this one isn't doing too bad. Yes they are dirt poor for the most part, but the average Tanzanian doesn't go hungry. 80% of the population is rural so I can only assume that they live right off of the land. This country is also famous for having the tallest mountain in Africa: Mt Kilimanjaro.
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This short film explores the immaterial in architecture by dematerializing boundaries through sound, water, and light. The project is part of Rurban Skeleton, a project by Alex Tseng at Rice University School of Architecture seeking to redefine the urban street as a productive network. The setting for the film is along the Rua do Jardim in Maputo, Mozambique.
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Within traditional African culture, the act of a dance is most often linked to the relationship or bond between spiritual forces and the community. Whether performed as a team dance, often in circular formations or as a solo dance, the performance would always nurture and inherent spiritual or expressive purpose and intention. African traditional dance has been linked to purposes on religious, social, educational and even therapeutic levels. Rituals for healing, funeral rites, remembering victories of past warriors, celebrating fruitful harvests or work, marriages, adolescence to adulthood, initiation rituals, defining authority and displaying sexual fertility are some of the many initiatives of dance rituals that have stemmed into African Dance. The steps or movement patterns will differ from one culture to the next and is influenced by a variety of factors. The environment is distinctly visible within certain styles eg Desert tribes will conserve their energy; spacious and dry terrain will allow for heavy, solid movement; whereas rapid light movement will be more common to those use to swampy, unsteady footing. Historical facts, social circumstances, dress patterns and architecture also contributed to diverse mixtures of movement, gesture and posture. More recently though, it has been slave trading, wars, migrations, the opening of trade routes and therefore exposure to various other cultures, that has influenced much change and evolution in the African style of dance ...
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Madagascar est une île singulière et unique. Tout en entretenant le lien naturel avec l'Afrique dont elle n'est séparée que par le canal du Mozambique, Madagascar a ouvert ses baies et ses golfes aux navigateurs venus de l'Inde, de l'Arabie et de la lointaine Indonésie où elle plonge ses racines. De sa lointaine histoire géologique, Madagascar a hérité d'une Terre Intérieure d'une incroyable richesse et d'un littoral d'une étonnante beauté. A l'image des anciens navigateurs dont les boutres étaient poussés par les vents de mousson, c'est par la mer à bord d'un grand voilier « Le Ponant » que nous allons parcourir la région située entre Diego Suarez et Majunga. DIEGO SUAREZ Hist...
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O terreno onde se insere a presente proposta, com uma área total de 2.015m2,encontra-se localizado numa zona em expansão, onde predominam infraestruturas habitacionais. Localiza-se de frente a uma via de terra batida e é contíguo a habitações construidas em alvenaria; possui uma forma quadrangular e apresenta uma topografia pouco ou nada acidentada. O projecto impôs-se para um edifício príncipal desenvolvido em 3 pisos com cerca de 630m2, complementado por anexos com 220m2, uma piscina com 80m2, e cerca de 1.085m2 de jardins e zonas de estacionamento. O desenvolvimento do corpo do edificio (em forma de `G´) teve como primeira atenção o conceito familiar, a interligação harmoniosa dos espaços ea sua privacidade, de seguida a sua exposição solar, a exploração de vistas ea criação de entradas constantes de luz e ventilação naturais, bem como a harmonia e fluidez das áreas internas em contacto com o verde natural. Aplicou-se o uso de linhas muito modernas que incluem fachadas com grandes vãos envidraçados; compartimentação ampla e varandas abertas e/ou cobertas com visibilidade para o jardim, piscina e entrada principal. Primou-se igualmente pela aplicação de materiais de acabamento provenientes de matéria prima nobre e de grande impacto visual e funcional. A entrada principal é uma projecção grandiosa e visual da zona frontal à zona posterior com a amplitude de um duplo vão, recepcionada por escadarias, grandes pilares estruturais e decorativos e um jardim interno. O lado ...
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