Confronting Informality

Policy Reform, not Evictions! The Case of Slum Urbanisation in Khartoum, Sudan A radical reform of Khartoum’s housing policy is required to improve the living conditions of slum dwellers. For this, we need to examine the socio-economic situation of the urban poor and of those who live in the city’s informal settlements.

The power of the builders. These two young women won our ideas competition Confronting Informality Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment TU Delft funded by the City of The Hague, TBM and Delft Global and decided to exchange their prize money for two places at our Summer School. Rahfatun Nisa Nova and Nazila Sabrin Zaman are two fierce architects from Bangladesh working to produce positive change. It was an honour to meet you… you are definitely going places!

'We are not wildlife': Kibera residents slam poverty tourism Tourism in Nairobi slum is rising but many residents are angry at becoming an attraction for wealthy foreign visitors.

These are some photos from the Confronting Informality Symposium, held on June 7 at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment TU Delft of the TU Delft More information at https://confrontinginformality.org

Confronting Informality Symposium 2018 (selected photos) 66 new photos · Album by Roberto Rocco

These are the finalists who will be included in the final report! AA14 / AA21 / AA22 / AA23 / AA24 / AA25 / AA29 / AA36 / AA37 / AA42 / AA44 / AA48 / AA127 / AA136 / AA150