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Project

City, architecture and colonial space in Matadi en Lubumbashi, Congo. A historical analysis from a translocal perspective
Code
3G078609
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • History
    • Architectural design
    • Architecture
    • Art studies and sciences
    • Interior architecture
  • Engineering and technology
    • Architectural engineering
    • Architecture
    • Interior architecture
    • Urban and regional design, development and planning
Keywords
Congo colonial history architecture migration urban planning
 
Project description

This research will analyze how specific urban spaces in the congolese cities of Matadi and Lubumbashi developed between 1885 and 1960. Physical urban form will be studied on various scales (city, neighbourhood, street, building) from a translocal perspective and be related to an analysis of the impact of migration on the creation of these cities.