Building the "black" city: approaches developed by Portuguese architects in colonial Africa

In the final period of Portuguese colonization (1945-1975), architects faced a challenge: to build the city for the local populations. This paper intends to explain the process of discovery of the native settlements and how its study contributed to develop a "black" city planned by archite...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milheiro, Ana Vaz (author)
Other Authors: Fiúza, Filipa (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7693
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/7693