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After two and a half months of intense research and design work, the internship program is drawing to an end. The work has been foundational towards the development of the Master Plan document. The following summarizes several of the overall outcomes of the design and principle goals for the Anam City.

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL GROWTH

A vibrant economy, building on regional strength in agriculture and an abundance of natural resources like clay & bamboo will accelerate growth and prosperity. Generously distributed community facilities to support good health and educational advancement, as well as public amenities such as parks and recreational spaces will improve the quality of life for residents.

ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
The Dr. Aloy & Gesare Chife Foundation has launched the ANAM new city project, a model for African development, intended to pave the way for a future of innovative and sustainable settlement patterns.

The vision is a timeless dream: to utilize the abundant resources of Africa to build sustainable and self-sufficient societies.

Sited in Anambra State, Nigeria, the project team will spend the next year developing research and design for the city, including a master plan and recommendations about infrastructure systems.

The physical design of the city and supporting activities will nurture sound environmental stewardship. Regionally appropriate architecture will respond better to the tropical conditions and promote responsible resource use. Protecting the existing ecosystem will also create a healthier and more enjoyable city environment.

SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

The city’s infrastructure demands will be met by a distributed network of small-scale energy, water & waste systems. A balance of low cost and state-of-the-art technologies will tap into extensive renewable energy resources such as solar and biomass and will balance with ecologically sound water & waste infrastructure. Smart information technologies will also optimize system performance by increasing efficient monitoring and minimizing resource waste.

Website: http://anamcity.com/

Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChifeFoundation

Blog: http://anamcity.wordpress.com/

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Very nice...with the way onitsha is looking (smh) they need fast urban renewal...

nice project. if they are able to make the city as sustainable as they plan it would be really good. would really be a model sustainable city in africa. hope they work quickly to get city up and running.

Wow...excellent find :D

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Women stacking local earth bricks at the Brick Factory today

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Hungry Lion team in production at Shed 1 at the Brick Factory

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Chioma carefully stacks bricks post-production

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Local bamboo craftsmen Dominc and Peter meet with Architects DK and Stephen regarding a workshop in the Depot

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Frame of this second bamboo workshop is under construction today

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Bamboo connection detail built today for the workshop

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Anam farmer Joe Okonkwo plants seed yams in Ogwuyo behind the yam store

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Apprentice mason Paulinus applies mortar to a block wall at house H3.b

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Young woman sews a geotextile for erosion control in the fish farm

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Engineer Sam sets precise levels in earth pond 1

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Laborers working on the second earth pond

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Finishing touches on the dredger, now parked at a beach in Ebenebe on site

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Local purple cana flower blooms in the nursery

building a modern city by hand and sticks eh?

building a modern city by hand and sticks eh?

How else are homes built?

efficiently

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is this a Joke?

efficiently

What does that mean? I don’t see anything unusual and/or unique about their building methodology.

Is it the use of indigenous methods for the building materials? You know, we have a similar kind of initiative here in England.

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is this a Joke?

Where’s the joke at?

:hilarious:

is this a Joke?

+1

the amount of bricks a woman with a baby on her back can move in 2 months can be moved by a truck in 12 minutes.

the amount of digging and stone breaking 1801 picks and shovels can do in 2 years can be done by a machine in 12 days and there are machines that can pump out bricks like skittles.

those are a few things i noticed that can be done differently okoye. this is why we're lagging in technology and it takes us 7 years to build a 2 month project which will eventually rot away and out cost it's worth to complete. This project won't be finished. Unless these pictures are the ONLY examples of using feudal ideals to build cosmopolitan cities that anam city has to offer this project is a pipe dream.

We need to start understanding what we're looking at before reacting.

http://anamcity.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/all-in-a-days-work/

http://anamcity.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/bamboo-workshop-shed-constructed-space-frame-structure-indigenous-construction-techniques/

Maybe he got the wrong pics, from a different project about rural empowerment or something {cause that's what those pics look like}. That's what I think....

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the amount of bricks a woman with a baby on her back can move in 2 months can be moved by a truck in 12 minutes.

the amount of digging and stone breaking 1801 picks and shovels can do in 2 years can be done by a machine in 12 days and there are machines that can pump out bricks like skittles.

those are a few things i noticed that can be done differently okoye. this is why we're lagging in technology and it takes us 7 years to build a 2 month project which will eventually rot away and out cost it's worth to complete. This project won't be finished. Unless these pictures are the ONLY examples of using feudal ideals to build cosmopolitan cities that anam city has to offer this project is a pipe dream.

You’re talking about carrying a brick, maybe 5 yards.

They did use a machine on the earth ponds, or do you think they actually managed to move all that dirt with pickaxes?

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They are using technology; the indigenous techniques are closely tied to costs and ecology, not modes of construction.

the amount of bricks a woman with a baby on her back can move in 2 months can be moved by a truck in 12 minutes.

the amount of digging and stone breaking 1801 picks and shovels can do in 2 years can be done by a machine in 12 days and there are machines that can pump out bricks like skittles.

those are a few things i noticed that can be done differently okoye. this is why we're lagging in technology and it takes us 7 years to build a 2 month project which will eventually rot away and out cost it's worth to complete. This project won't be finished. Unless these pictures are the ONLY examples of using feudal ideals to build cosmopolitan cities that anam city has to offer this project is a pipe dream.
Efficiency is always of primary benefit.

So long as it is built EFFECTIVELY (which is disparate from efficiently), I would rather create jobs for 12 rural women than for just 1 machine operator.

no, the finished work of the 1 machine operator will create permanent work for 12 rural women. rural women moving bricks is temp. work, they'll eat until the project is finished and if the project takes to long, administration change, inflation, or problems with the company will make sure the project is never finish and this happens often.

roads aren't build so that the 15 workers on the site have a job, it's build so millions can go out and get jobs or get to their job and the roads existence creates work and commerce for businesses near it.

no, the finished work of the 1 machine operator will create permanent work for 12 rural women. rural women moving bricks is temp. work, they'll eat until the project is finished and if the project takes to long, administration change, inflation, or problems with the company will make sure the project is never finish and this happens often.

roads aren't build so that the 15 workers on the site have a job, it's build so millions can go out and get jobs or get to their job and the roads existence creates work and commerce for businesses near it.
As if both are mutually-exclusive.

First, there's nothing undesirable or repugnant about creating different kinds of jobs at different phases of a project. And the presumption that the finished project would be more beneficial to the same women that would benefit from the jobs created during the construction phases is a leap of logic.

And btw, infrastructure projects (including roads) are the easiest means of job creation -- because it generates employment across the entire value chain (including during the construction phase) and not just when such projects are finished. Jobs are created by ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, not just by finished projects. Accordingly, whether we are talking about roads or shopping malls (or whatever this particular rural project here is), jobs are created from the conception through the design, finance, construction, appraisal and completed phases for a whole cross-section of people ranging from professionals (architects, designers, engineers, bankers, lawyers, surveyors, managers, etc), suppliers and sundry sub-contractors through artisans and technicians to construction workers and unskilled laborers.

PS: And of course even people doing so-called "temp. work" (who really has a permanent position in today's economy?) still use the money to pay their bills, feed their families, educate their kids, get healthcare and even occasionally start their own business or learn a trade.