CRUNCH: From the City of Plans

‘From the City of Plans’ explores historical and current models of technical cooperation and research collaboration and their impact on pedagogy, curricula, spatial development, resource management and local empowerment in the vibrant metropolises of Greater Accra and Kumasi, Ghana.

Ruth-Anne Richardson (African Futures Institute) will look at connections of architecture knowledge production and transfer across global divides, reshaping cultures and fostering understanding, traversing the fascinating narrative of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus design and tracing its journey since the 1940s. She will examine the intersection of land issues, water management, building technologies, climate considerations, programme dynamics and community relationships. She will also unravel the complexities of spatial logic and arrangement, mapping resistant forms that shape our urban landscapes drawing from the Makola Market transcripts project.

Ruth-Anne will be joined in discussion by Professor Julio D. Dávila (The Bartlett Development Planning Unit).