Louisiana shows KADK’s proposal for better housing for slum districts in Africa.

KADK’s research and development projects are helping promote the development of better towns and communities throughout the world. 25 June saw the opening of a major exhibition at Louisiana, looking at architecture, culture and identity. KADK was invited to present the results of the latest architectural research in the field.

Louisiana’s major summer exhibition AFRIKA focuses on architecture, art and culture in the African continent. KADK was invited to take part in the exhibition with a development project for Maputo, Mozambique. The contribution includes material about the housing project, Casas Melhoradas, which sets out to develop new sustainable, low-cost housing for slum areas in Maputo.

“Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the places on the planet, where cities are growing the most. KADK’s contribution to the exhibition focuses on Maputo, as one of the important hubs in the continent. It represents a geographical, cultural, colonial and historical complexity, which manifests itself in different ways of living. Along with Louisiana, we hope that the exhibition gives an insight into one of Africa’s trouble spots for urban development, in which sheer necessity can create fertile ground for the development of new, inspiring types of low-cost housing. The project shows that we at KADK are committed to creating better cities and communities across the globe. This exhibition and the project will help put this on the agenda,” explains Katrine Lotz, Head of Institute.

By means of a series of precisely selected pinpricks in a cultural present, the exhibition shines a spotlight on the diversity and complexity of that part of Africa, which is located south of the Sahara desert. The exhibition shows research by KADK’s Johan Mottelson, Marco Prahm and Jørgen Eskemose from the Department of Human Settlements in the Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape.

The project and the exhibition run until 25 October 2015. Visit Louisiana: