A PRESENTATION BY LOCONSULT GROUP[NAIROBI_KENYA]

MAIN THEME : LOW COST + SUSTAINABILITY

URBAN REVITALIZATION OF MASS HOUSING

A CASE OF MAJENGO-PUMWANI SLUM-[NAIROBI,KENYA]

„putting housing at the Centre‟

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

3.NAIROBI 2.KENYA 1.AFRICA

The “slum” also has a unique history of being home to a population of single women who – historically –

filled the gap of the absent wives for the male population workers whose wives and families stayed back in

the rural areas by design and necessity.

Majengo-Pumwani “slum” was established in the 1920‟s when

the Africans were moved from the Pangani area to facilitate

settlement of the Asian community.

It is located about 2 km east of the city centre and covers an

area measuring 17 ha.

INVENTORY ANALYSIS

challenge opportunity

Poor sanitation evidenced by waste dumping

along drainage channels and Nairobi River.

Inadequate play areas for the community,

inadequate social halls for communal activities

In as much as there exists an extensive informal

market in the settlement, most of the residents

hardly benefit from it.

Provide waste management areas/zones, shift settlements

from river Riparian

Enhance the existing communal areas by providing facilities

necessary for recreation.

Enhance Open air industries “Jua kali’ sector by providing

more space for their activities.

Enhance urban Agriculture at the river riparian that will

enable residents sell the produce to the market.

SUSTAINABLE+INNOVATIVE+LOW COST…

View of covered market stalls(Use of bamboo and corrugate iron sheets from demolished structure

Detail of grey water treatment that will be used for landscaping and flushing toilets

Hollow port slab system that does not require beams and spans longer

Balustrade made from bamboo with Iron tongue that goes into concrete.

Courtyards for communal activities

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