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Methods Material culture investigation Innovative and sustainable local material in traditional Africa architecture 1. Skin a) Bamboo b)...
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Apr 23, 20201 min read
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QUESTION: How can we create a hotel industry in Ethiopia that expresses cultural identity in the globalized environment? Terms –...
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Apr 22, 20205 min read
Week 12 - Approach
Approach This research explores the state of architectural designs of hotels in Ethiopia and the place they stand as regarding cultural...
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Apr 12, 20205 min read
Week 11- First Draft of Background
The Ethiopian hotel industry was, for a long period, considered to remain in the infancy state. This situation was attributed to, among...
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Apr 6, 20201 min read
Week 9 - Project Layout
MOTIVATION The past twelve consecutive years, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. This economic growth...
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Apr 6, 20202 min read
Week 10 - Ethiopia's Vernacular Architecture Building Skin
The primary resource utilize in Ethiopia vernacular architecture was bamboo, which was manipulated in different ways to enhance the...
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Mar 14, 20206 min read
Week 8 - Ethiopian Icons and Elements for Design
Traditional Drawings I like the use of traditional drawings in Ethiopian design arts. For instance, the drawing of the woman drinking...
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Mar 2, 20203 min read
Week 7 - African Designers continues
Architecture is responsible for expressing the culture and development of people, and the future for Africa is here. The previous...
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Feb 24, 20202 min read
Week 6 - African Designers
African designers play a key role in the development of African culture. These experts are responsible for the promotion of such culture...
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Feb 16, 20203 min read
Week 5 -Method of design - Critical regionalism
Critical regionalism is a local architectural traditions that do not come from archetypal sentiments or from an opposition to the...
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Feb 9, 20203 min read
Week 4 -Cultural Identity in Ethiopian Hotels
In my last post I have mentioned the background of Ethiopia and how Christianity shape the Ethiopian architecture. My collective ideas...
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Feb 2, 20202 min read
Week 3 - Ethiopian Culture and Building Identity
From my experience exploring the cultures of the African continent, I feel quite proud to be Ethiopian. This is because the culture in...
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Feb 2, 20202 min read
Week 2 - Redirecting the questions
Throughout my investigation in Ethiopian diversity and design aspects, it seems clear to me that Urban and building design have to convey...
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Jan 20, 20203 min read
Week 1 - The Starting point
“Why did you come to the USA?” I always have the same simple response to this question. I came to this country because I had a dream to...
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