Title & Author:

SUDU / edited by Dirk E. Hebel.

Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Ruby Press, [2015]
©2015

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
Additional editors of the second volume: Melakeselam Moges, Zara Gray in collaboration with Something Fantastic.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
[v.1.] Research -- [v. 2.] Manual.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Centring Africa: Postcolonial Perspectives on Architecture", 2019-2021, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Summary:

"SUDU -- the Sustainable Urban Dwelling Unit -- is a full-scale prototype for an affordable two-story house built with local materials and traditional building techniques in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Developed in a collaborative endeavor between the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development and ETH Zurich, SUDU ties in with the rich tradition of loam construction while at the same time taking a fresh look at how to adapt this tradition to contemporary needs. The first volume additionally explores the history of Ethiopian architecture, the postcolonial nature of its current construction industry, and the challenges of the country's rapid urbanization. The second volume, a manual with more than 600 detailed drawings and instructions, demonstrates how to build a house, step-by-step, with the most readily available building material -- earth"--Page 4, cover.

ISBN:

3944074114
9783944074115

Subject:

Sustainable buildings Ethiopia Design and construction.
Sustainable buildings Design and construction.
Dwellings Ethiopia Addis Ababa Design and construction
Earth construction Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Ethiopia.

Added entries:

Hebel, Dirk, editor.
Moges, Melakeselam, editor.
Gray, Zara, editor.
Dirk E. Hebel, 1971- editor.
Moges, Melakeselam. editor.
Gray, Zara. editor.
Something Fantastic (Firm), editor.
Something Fantastic (Firm) editor.

Sustainable Urban Dwelling Unit
Spine title of volume 1: Applied research in architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292659
Call No.: BIB 237038
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 292913
Call No.: BIB 237038
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available