Poor urban residents identified water supply and better in-site sanitations facilities as problems for which they require assistance (...) Housing and constructions, however, were not identified by the poor urban resident as problems for which they needed assistance.

Deveolopment Workshop,Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas, p 13

WORKING ON BOTH TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP-STRATEGIES.

A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION DEPENDS ON THE BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVES’ INFLUENCE ON THE TOP-DOWN STRATEGIES.

Make usage of the human potentials at the site, facilitate local initiatives

POTENTIALS

SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE

ENTHUSIASM

1 000 000 APPARTMENTS

Top-down support of mass produced appartments.

Lack of sanitation systems and energy supply

1 000 000 SOLAR PANELS

Top-down support of site, sanitation systems and en-ergy support

Lack of building mass

TOP-DOWN STRATEGY

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FOUR WALLS A BASEMENT TO BUILD ONE’S OWN

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“When you no longer improve your house, you are close to death”

Arab proverb (Barefoot Architect, p 71)

SUGGESTION FOR TOP-DOWN STRATEGY SUPPORTING BASIC HOUSING NEEDS -PAVING THE WAY FOR SELF-SUSTAINING LIVING UNITS.

A new infrastructural grid

Homogenious slum dwelling area divided by railway

Ripple effekt -Establishing a crosspiont inkluding social programs like station, market, school, library etc.

DEVELOPING RAILWAY CENTRES IN EXISTING AREAS

SOCIAL MEETING

CENTREQUALITY

THE CROSSING OF THE RAIL BECOMES A NATURAL MEETING POINT AND POTENTIALLY A STARTING POINT TOWARDS URBAN DEVELOPMENT

POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT FROM EXISTING STRUCTURE

TEAR DOWN TO BUILD NEW