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OSAC ARCHIVES – BOOK LAUNCH 2024

OSAC ARCHIVES – BOOK LAUNCH 2024

We present a significant contribution to the documentation of African architecture; a practice that worked consistently for many years, was prolific in output and contributed to a densifying and transforming city at a critical time in its development. As a city is...

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A critique of four social housing projects

A critique of four social housing projects

This is a research project that has been in my files for many years. I believe that the approach adopted, set of criteria developed and the drawings and text in general may be beneficial for future students of architecture. Please feel free to use it as long as proper...

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A love story: let me tell you about Khartoum

A love story: let me tell you about Khartoum

I feel rather embarrassed to discuss my home town when so many other cities and countries globally are facing political turmoil, war and natural disaster. I wish I could say that i knew exactly what war was, and what it did to a people, before it came to my home town....

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OPEN BUILDING TEXTS 1/3

OPEN BUILDING TEXTS 1/3

OPEN BUILDING TEXTS 1/3 GREETINGS FOR 2022! I am always asked for Open Building texts that I have written. I should note here that I view the world through an Open Building lens. I have written much over the years about this and perhaps that is a reason for a longer...

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Baking Bread During Lockdown – Yusuf Patel

Baking Bread During Lockdown – Yusuf Patel

DOWNLOAD BOOK HERE: Making Dough During Lockdown During these times of turmoil in South Africa, it may seem strange to be posting about bread baking. Yet, this is what my friend Yusuf Patel decided to do... and this is what I have decided to do. My Durban friends are...

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WHAT DOES TRANSFORMATION LOOK LIKE?

WHAT DOES TRANSFORMATION LOOK LIKE?

What does transformation look like? By Amira Osman Professor, Architecture and Industrial Design, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment) For the Southern Africa...

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THE OSAC ARCHIVES

THE OSAC ARCHIVES

OMER SIDDIG ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT - OSAC My father's practice, OSAC, in Khartoum is where I worked over university holidays and after my graduation in 1988 and were I picked up my experience on design, construction and architecture in general. My father has kindly...

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Affordable housing finance in the Sudan

Affordable housing finance in the Sudan

The CAFH yearly document on affordable housing finance in Africa was missing THE SUDAN and we have been able to participate in this project to include it. The research was carried out by myself with invaluable support from Malaz Seif Islam who assisted in gathering...

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WiA Speech Boukunde

WiA Speech Boukunde

“Trust me, I know” – personal reflections on being a women in architecture Prof. Amira Osman, Associate Professor, Architecture, FADA, UJ, Johannesburg, amirao@uj.ac.za Pretoria Institute of Architecture (PIA), Women in Architecture (WiA) event, 4th August 2016,...

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Decolonisation Conversation

Decolonisation Conversation

“Trust me… I know…” Personal reflections on the decolonisation debate Prof. Amira Osman, Associate Professor, Architecture, FADA, UJ, Johannesburg, amirao@uj.ac.za FADA Decolonisation Conversation, 9th June 2016, UJ Arts Centre Theatre; Panel 1: What does...

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