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a project of SCALING DOWN at EIABC and welcome Africa at EiABC and BAUHAUS university weimar in 2013
You can visit the SICU wikipedia page to get detailed information on construction methods, drawings and assembly:
http://icebauhaus.sudile.com/index.php/Concept_-_Test_-_Realization
Project Background
EiABC academic research exchange based on a Housing prototype
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Settlements around Kebele 38 , Woreda 04, Lideta Sub-City ,area in the heart of Addis Ababa (area for implementation of SICU)
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SICU- Sustainable Incremental Construction Unit is the second experimental process oriented building prototype which also deals with participatory design to be done on a highly dense neighborhood of Addis Ababa in 2013. It will be a show case where the team of students with their tutors will research and explore possibilities of designing and realizing an incremental housing unit in an urban context.
SICU is part of The “welcome Africa” project 2012- 2015 at DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) which is an international academic research project between the Ethiopian, South Sudanese and German universities.
This research program's aim is to strengthen the collaboration in research and practical experiences and competency to bring together contemporary building technology with real circumstances. The project includes the realization of three experimental prototypes in scale 1:1 in the years 2011- 2015.
In 2012 the first material oriented building prototype SECU - Sustainable Emerging City Unit - was realized in three months only introducing the potential of highly compressed straw panels (/see: http://eiabc.edu.et/secu-project/); the third prototype will integrate the environmental constrains in a holistic design and realization process. It will be placed in Juba - South Sudan coordinated by the experts and researchers from EiABC.2014.
Realization Background
Constructing Alternatives in Housing for informal settlements in Addis Ababa
Hundreds of new settlements are emerging in Ethiopia every year, growing fast into urban conglomerates. The current state of Ethiopia’s urban centers can be characterized by the booming developments in the construction sector.
Addis Ababa is one of the cities in Africa, which is heavily affected by extremely fast and unique Urbanization. It is one of those cities with a rapid increase in population, where by the cityscape is changing at a very fast pace. These changes leave permanent footprints in the city.
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| Memorandum of Understanding, signed between EiABC (Scientific Director Joachim Dieter) & the Executive Director (Ato Halafom) of the Woreda 04, Lideta Sub-city, Addis Ababa. |
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SICU Real site : Woreda 04, Kebele 38 discussions with the neighborhood and the community on how to go about the site construction and the site construction implementation |
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Project Objectives & Targets
- to combine theoretical knowledge with practical training for higher education at EiABC(training students with realistic parameters of a site and building construction system)
- to create a link of trust between the involved students, researchers and the community
- to contribute on a fair and alive society, where everyone has the opportunity needed to develop their capacities and fully exercise their own housing thoughts.
- to promote community development and participation
- to promote critical reflection for further implementations
- to consider locally available material resources and the local mode of living - introducing innovative construction techniques.
- to serve the purpose of the government whilst realizing the design potentials of the students, researchers and the community, offering parallel strategies to the existing governmental housing project in the city
Based on these objectives SICU test house has been implemented in the premises of EiABC campus, at the Urban Laboratory. Students are carrying out construction tasks to learn from the construction techniques they have designed,while they are implementing them on this construction site.
SICU Project Team
is an international team with delegates from all the three partners
Project Head
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Prof. Dr.Ing. Dirk Donath (Chair of Building Construction) |
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Brook Teklehaimanot (Chair of Architecture and Design I) |
| Project + Site management |
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Jakob Mettler |
| Project assistant |
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DI Timo Riechert / MA Emanuel Longomiya |
| Structural engineer |
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Peter Dissel, (Afro-European-Engineers) |
Additional design / public relation
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MA Helawi Sewnet |
| Finance and Procurement |
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Sarah Abdulhafiz |
| Design Modeling and Rapid Prototyping |
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Fahmi Girma |
| Student assistants |
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Seyume Weldeyesus / Aknaw Yohannes / Dagmawi Tilahun |
| Site Works Facilitator |
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Messay Menweyelet |
SICU Project Partners
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| Bauhaus University Weimar |
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Prof. Dipl.Ing. Dipl.Des. Bernd Rudolf |
| Faculty of Architecture |
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Timo Riechert, Dr. Frauke Anders |
| icebauhaus weimar |
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Joern Schultz |
Parallel Academic Activities at EiABC and Bauhaus University
All the design and construction will be done with the involvement of students. Students are taught specific courses related to this project based in Addis Ababa
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EiABC Addis Ababa |
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EiABC Addis Ababa |
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bauhaus university weimar |
| Course (2012-13) |
Void Addis -Conceptual design
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Incremental Buildings – Construction Project
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reload addis ababa – urban design course
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5th semester Architecture |
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5th semester Architecture |
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5th semester Architecture |
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MA Brook Teklehaimanot |
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MA Asgedom Haile / |
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Chair of Planning Methods |
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Prof. Dr.Ing. Dirk Donath |
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Prof. Dr.Ing.Dirk Donath |
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MA Helawi Sewnet
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Florian Geddert |
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Martin Biliek |
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Chair of Design |
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Prof. Bernd Rudolf |
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DI Timo Riechert |
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| Parallel courses were also thought in the university of Bauhaus, Weimar with students from the 5th semester - Redesigning Addis , same topic VOID Addis has also been introduced to graduating students in the university of Juba, College of Engineering and Architecture. |
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EiABC Addis Ababa |
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bauhaus university weimar |
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Course (2013)
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Integrated Design Project
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BIM + SICU
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generating addis
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6th semester Architecture |
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6th semester Architecture |
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6th semester Architecture |
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Chair of Building Construction |
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Chair of Planning Methods
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Chair of Planning Methods
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MA Asgedom Haile |
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Prof. Dr.Ing. Dirk Donath
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Prof. Dr.Ing.Dirk Donath |
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Prof. Dr.Ing. Dirk Donath |
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Jan Ruben Fischer
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Florian Geddert |
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DI Timo Riechert |
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Martin Biliek |
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DI Jakob Mettler |
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MA Emanuel Longomiya |
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Chair of Archit. and Design I |
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MA Brook Teklehaimanot |
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MA Helawi Sewnet |
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SICU Workshop March 2013
at EiABC with the academics from the three partner universities
During their weeklong visit in EiABC, Addis Ababa, participants continued with the workshop by visiting the test site of SICU where by all discussed the current construction methods that are being implemented in the Test Site, what one can learn from it, and what could be better implemented for the real site, for the next time.
At the real site located in Woreda 04/ Kebele 38 participants visited where the SICU house will be standing, and also who the community is, they briefly discussed with the neighborhood officials and talked on how to go forward.
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SICU international team - Participants of the workshop:
Bauhaus University of Weimar (BUW) represented by Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Des. Bernd Rudolf (dean of the faculty of Architecture) and Timo Riechert (assistant lecturer), Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) represented by Melat Assefa (Chair holder- CAD & Geo-Informatics), Brook Teklehaimanot (Chair holder - Architecture & Design I), Professor Dr. Ing. Dirk Donath (Co-Chair holder - Building Construction) and Asgedom Haile (Chair holder - Building Construction) and University of Juba, college of Engineering & Architecture represented by Nada Hammad (Lecturer) and Emmanuel Longomiya (assitant lecturer).
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Planning and Construction Process
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| test house at the campus |
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| implementation on the site |
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December 2012 – design and concepts
incremental space concept / solid ground floor – lightweight first floor / inspirations from the locals
January 2012 – proofed design
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step by step assembling – building information modeling
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January 2013 – tests and experiments
concrete – frames – joints and connections
February 2013 – prefabrication
prefab concrete elements (foundations and colums)
February 2013 – prefabrication
light frame timber elements (secondary beams and first floor frames)
March 2013 – asseembling test house
superstructure assembled in 5 days (date: 5th April 2013)
April 2013 – detailing and rain screen
gradually implementation of the rain screen and flooring
April – May 2013 – improvement and new tests
improved formwork for mass production, new casting procedure, cladding tests
May 2013 – site preparation
clearance and leveling the site at Kebele 38 / Woreda 4
July 2013 – site supply
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September 2013 – assembling
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October 2013 – finishing
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October 2013 - final situation
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Partners
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Collaborators
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Further involved parties
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| FCL ETH Singapore |
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Prof. Dirk Hebel / Felix Heisel |
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| AEE - Afro European Engineers |
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CEO Dawit Kebede |
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Contact
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