WHO ARE MY COLLEAGUES? In combining the various areas of research present in this thesis: Afrofuturism, Paper Architecture, Shanty building methods, shantytown organizational structures, and the Kakuma refugee camp, one can identify a few precedent projects. The projects examined in this research include “Shanty Megastructures” by Olalekan Jeyifous, Warwick Junction in Durban, South Africa, “Agbogbloshie Makerspace platform” by Yasmine Abbas and Low Design Office, and “Fictional Futuristic Shantytowns” by Dionisio Gonzalez. These projects can be grouped into two categories – projects that deal with the scale of the building and projects that tackle the scale of the city. “Shanty Megastructures” and “Fictional Futuristic Shantytowns” are speculative works about how buildings in shanty towns could exist in the near future. Warwick Junction and “Agbogbloshie Makerspace platform” demonstrate how informal market spaces can act as urban anchors. Combined, the study of both scales could begin to create the basis for a design imagining the future of Kakuma Refugee Camp.
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