Maputo - Mozambique
Public spaces in Sub-Saharan African cities

Since independence in 1976, the capital city of Mozambique, Maputo, has undergone prolıfıc transformation with regard to its urban forms and the framework they inhabit. The city has surpassed one million inhabitants (Census) and the residential areas that have spread through the territory raise problems and constraints in terms of the adjustment of physical planning strategies to the extension of these vast housing areas, with great gocus, particulary, on the management of urban space. 

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To verify intricate urban contrasts in Maputo, constituted not only by major infrastructures, equipment and fluxes, but also particular micro-interventions which consolidate a complex relationship between its colonial core and the vast polymorphic urban tissue surrounding it.

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The axonometric views shows the adaptation of the modular system inside of the distinguished road categories that has been investigated preliminarly.  More than only proposing new oppurtunities for public spaces they provide solutions to several important issues in Maxaqueni district as leading to decreasing water pollution and maintaining the drainage system clean with the installation of collecting-nets, improving conditions for informal marketing and converting formal public spaces. Moreover, it helps with a better organization of pedestrian spaces and improve their safety. In order to attract locals and leading to desired locations a visual solution provided by highlighting the paths in the perimeted area of 100 m from the modeules. The modular system can be implemented into any location of Maputo. They can combine together differently by using the module variations and adapt them to the needs of the local. This idea encourages active engagement between formal and informal activites, eliminating age social and economic boundaries.

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