3007
MACHAKOS MASTERPLAN URBAN INTERVENTIONS
WEAKNESS / STRATEGY
HYGIENIC HYGIENIC CONDITIONS CONDITIONS
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY TOILETSTOILETS
IMPLEMENTATION
INGREDIENTS
COLLECTION COLLECTION POINTSPOINTS
LITTER LITTER
RAIN WATER COMMUNAL SPACE
EROSION EROSION (FOUNDATIONS) (FOUNDATIONS)
STABLESTABLE TERRACES TERRACES
EROSION EROSION
STABILIZING STABILIZING VEGETATION VEGETATION
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION
SEMIPUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC EXTENSIONS EXTENSIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE + ACCESIBILITY + ACCESIBILITY
IMPROVED IMPROVED URBANURBAN DESIGNDESIGN
WATER TANK
WATERWATER SCARCITY SCARCITY
RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING HARVESTING
LACK OF LACK OF PUBLICPUBLIC LIFE LIFE
DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES OF ACTIVITIES
INTROVERTED INTROVERTED TYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY
SPATIALSPATIAL TRANSITION TRANSITION
LACK OF LACK OF QUALITY SPATIALSPATIAL QUALITY
URBANURBAN FURNITURE FURNITURE
TERRACES
LACK OF LACK OF INTERACTION INTERACTION
COMMUNAL COMMUNAL SPACES SPACES
DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION WITH THE CITY WITH THE CITY
KITCHEN
NEW NEW CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS
THE DOMESTIC SPACE
HYGIENIC HYGIENIC CONDITIONS CONDITIONS
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY TOILETSTOILETS
EROSION EROSION (RIVER BASIN) (RIVER BASIN) LITTER HYGIENIC LITTER HYGIENIC CONDITIONS CONDITIONS
STABILIZING STABILIZING VEGETATION VEGETATION COLLECTION COLLECTION COMMUNITY COMMUNITY POINTSPOINTS TOILETSTOILETS
CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION TO FLOODINGS TO FLOODINGS
SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF CHECKDAMS CHECKDAMS
LITTER LITTER
COLLECTION COLLECTION POINTSPOINTS
WASTE COLLECTORS
MARKET
EROSION EROSION (FOUNDATIONS) (FOUNDATIONS)
VEHICLE WASH
STABLESTABLE TERRACES TERRACES
RAINWATER RAINWATER RUNOFF RUNOFF EROSION EROSION EROSION EROSION (FOUNDATIONS) (FOUNDATIONS)
SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF PONDSPONDS STABILIZING STABILIZING STABLEVEGETATION STABLE VEGETATION TERRACES TERRACES
SEASONAL SEASONAL DROUGHT DROUGHT
WATERWATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION
EROSION EROSION
STABILIZING STABILIZING VEGETATION VEGETATION
SEMIPUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC EXTENSIONS EXTENSIONS
LACK OF LACK OF AWARENESS AWARENESS INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE + ACCESIBILITY + ACCESIBILITY DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION
PUBLICPUBLIC ATTRACTION ATTRACTION IMPROVED IMPROVED SEMIPUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC URBANURBAN DESIGNDESIGN EXTENSIONS EXTENSIONS
EROSION EROSION (HILLS) (HILLS)
PERIMETER PERIMETER VEGETATION VEGETATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE + ACCESIBILITY + ACCESIBILITY
IMPROVED IMPROVED URBANURBAN DESIGNDESIGN
RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING HARVESTING
ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL IMPACTIMPACT LACK OF LACK OF WATER PUBLICWATER PUBLIC LIFE LIFE SCARCITY SCARCITY
ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL VALUE VALUE DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFICATION RAINWATER RAINWATER OF ACTIVITIES OF ACTIVITIES HARVESTING HARVESTING
GROUND GROUND WATERWATER POLLUTION POLLUTION
NATURAL NATURAL FERTILIZERS FERTILIZERS
LACK OF LACK OF PUBLICPUBLIC LIFE LIFE
DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES OF ACTIVITIES
PROTECTED PROTECTED CORRIDOR CORRIDOR URBANURBAN SPATIAL SPATIAL FURNITURE FURNITURE TRANSITION TRANSITION
POOR ACCESIBILITY POOR ACCESIBILITY
SPATIALSPATIAL TRANSITION TRANSITION
ENCROACHMENT/ ENCROACHMENT/ UNDEFINED BORDER UNDEFINED BORDER LACK OF LACK OF INTROVERTED SPATIALINTROVERTED SPATIAL QUALITY QUALITY TYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY
ACCESIBLE ACCESIBLE CORRIDORS CORRIDORS
LACK OF LACK OF SPATIALSPATIAL QUALITY QUALITY
URBANURBAN FURNITURE FURNITURE
PUBLIC SPACES
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION
WATERWATER SCARCITY SCARCITY
INTROVERTED INTROVERTED TYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY
PUBLIC TOILETS
LACK OF LACK OF INTERACTION INTERACTION
COMMUNAL COMMUNAL SPACES SPACES
RIVER RIVER AS A AS A BARRIER BARRIER DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION LACK OF LACK OF CITY WITH THE WITH CITY THE INTERACTION INTERACTION
NEW NEW CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS NEW NEW COMMUNAL COMMUNAL CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS SPACES SPACES
URBANURBAN DISPERSION DISPERSION
GUIDEDGUIDED DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION WITH THE WITH CITY THE CITY
NEW NEW CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS
SPORTS
THE PUBLIC REALM
EROSION EROSION (RIVER BASIN) (RIVER BASIN)
STABILIZING STABILIZING VEGETATION VEGETATION
HYGIENIC HYGIENIC CONDITIONS CONDITIONS
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY TOILETSTOILETS
RAINWATER RAINWATER RUNOFF RUNOFF
SYSTEM SYSTEM OF OF PONDSPONDS
EROSION EROSION (FOUNDATIONS) (FOUNDATIONS)
STABLESTABLE TERRACES TERRACES
CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION EROSION EROSION TO FLOODINGS TO FLOODINGS (RIVER BASIN) (RIVER BASIN) LITTER LITTER
SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF STABILIZING STABILIZING CHECKDAMS CHECKDAMS VEGETATION VEGETATION COLLECTION COLLECTION POINTSPOINTS
CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION TO FLOODINGS TO FLOODINGS
SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF CHECKDAMS CHECKDAMS
SEASONAL SEASONAL RAINWATER RAINWATER DROUGHT DROUGHT RUNOFF RUNOFF EROSION EROSION
WATERWATER SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION PONDSPONDS STABILIZING STABILIZING VEGETATION VEGETATION
SEASONAL SEASONAL DROUGHT DROUGHT
WATERWATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION
FILTRATION POND
SETTLEMENT POND
LACK OF LACK OF AWARENESS AWARENESS
PUBLICPUBLIC ATTRACTION ATTRACTION
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION
SEMIPUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC EXTENSIONS EXTENSIONS
ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL IMPACTIMPACT
ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL VALUE VALUE
WATERWATER SCARCITY SCARCITY
RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING HARVESTING
ENCROACHMENT/ ENCROACHMENT/ UNDEFINED UNDEFINED BORDER BORDER
PROTECTED PROTECTED CORRIDOR CORRIDOR
INTROVERTED INTROVERTED TYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY
SPATIALSPATIAL TRANSITION TRANSITION
RIVER AS RIVER A AS A BARRIER BARRIER
NEW NEW CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS
LACK OF LACK OF INTERACTION INTERACTION
COMMUNAL COMMUNAL SPACES SPACES
EROSION EROSION LACK LACK (HILLS)OF (HILLS)OF AWARENESS AWARENESS INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE + ACCESIBILITY + ACCESIBILITY
PERIMETER PERIMETER VEGETATION PUBLICVEGETATION PUBLIC ATTRACTION ATTRACTION IMPROVED IMPROVED URBANURBAN DESIGNDESIGN
GROUND GROUND WATERWATER POLLUTION POLLUTION ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL IMPACTIMPACT LACK OF LACK OF PUBLICPUBLIC LIFE LIFE
NATURAL NATURAL ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL FERTILIZERS FERTILIZERS VALUE VALUE DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES OF ACTIVITIES
POOR ACCESIBILITY POOR ACCESIBILITY ENCROACHMENT/ ENCROACHMENT/ UNDEFINED BORDER UNDEFINED BORDER LACK OF LACK OF SPATIALSPATIAL QUALITY QUALITY
ACCESIBLE ACCESIBLE PROTECTED PROTECTED CORRIDORS CORRIDORS CORRIDOR CORRIDOR URBANURBAN FURNITURE FURNITURE
URBANURBAN DISPERSION DISPERSION RIVER RIVER AS A AS A BARRIER BARRIER DISCONNECTION DISCONNECTION WITH THE WITH CITY THE CITY
GUIDEDGUIDED NEW DEVELOPMENT NEW DEVELOPMENT CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS NEW NEW CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS
EROSION EROSION (HILLS) (HILLS)
PERIMETER PERIMETER VEGETATION VEGETATION
GROUND GROUND WATERWATER POLLUTION POLLUTION
NATURAL NATURAL FERTILIZERS FERTILIZERS
POOR ACCESIBILITY POOR ACCESIBILITY
ACCESIBLE ACCESIBLE CORRIDORS CORRIDORS
WATER WELL
PROTECTED ZONE
URBANURBAN DISPERSION DISPERSION
GUIDEDGUIDED DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
THE RIPARIAN CORRIDOR
EROSION EROSION (RIVER BASIN) (RIVER BASIN)
STABILIZING STABILIZING VEGETATION VEGETATION
CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION TO FLOODINGS TO FLOODINGS
SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF CHECKDAMS CHECKDAMS
RAINWATER RAINWATER RUNOFF RUNOFF
SYSTEM SYSTEM OF OF PONDSPONDS
SEASONAL SEASONAL DROUGHT DROUGHT
WATERWATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION
LACK OF LACK OF AWARENESS AWARENESS
PUBLICPUBLIC ATTRACTION ATTRACTION
EROSION EROSION (HILLS) (HILLS)
PERIMETER PERIMETER VEGETATION VEGETATION
ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL IMPACTIMPACT
ECOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL VALUE VALUE
GROUND GROUND WATERWATER POLLUTION POLLUTION
NATURAL NATURAL FERTILIZERS FERTILIZERS
ENCROACHMENT/ ENCROACHMENT/ UNDEFINED UNDEFINED BORDER BORDER
PROTECTED PROTECTED CORRIDOR CORRIDOR
POOR ACCESIBILITY POOR ACCESIBILITY
ACCESIBLE ACCESIBLE CORRIDORS CORRIDORS AGRICULTURE
RIVER AS RIVER A AS A BARRIER BARRIER
THE SKY IN OUR VEINS
0
50
100
NEW NEW CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS
URBANURBAN DISPERSION DISPERSION
WATER HOLDING TANKS
GUIDEDGUIDED DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
400 m
THE AGRICULTURAL LAND
3007
MACHAKOS AXONOMETRY URBAN INTERVENTIONS
THE DOMESTIC SPACE
Improving the immediate living conditions for the inhabitants of the low income settlement is one of the main priorities of the strategy. The poor housing conditions are improved by the installation of communal water tanks, in which rainwater from the roofs can get collected. The room on the back head of the dwelling can be transformed from housing room into a shared kitchen, where food is prepared for the community consumption or can be used as business opportunity. Water is the main element for improving inhabitant’s quality of life. From the kitchen, access can be given to the backstreet that could be transformed into a secure, calm, green and shady communal space. A new transition is therefore established from the exterior public space to the private inner courtyard, the kitchen and the communal space.
THE PUBLIC REALM In the public domain empty plots are used in order to facilitate public life. These places are more than just a possible gathering space; they serve the structure of the city. Canopy structures act as catalyst element for the new public spaces and house different functions, such as public toilets, water access points for washing vehicles and clothes, garbage collection points but also gathering spaces and play and sports elements. A sequence of such new public spaces leads through the district and ends in a terraced park that forms the connection between urban life and the ecological corridor of the riparian zone. To facilitate a more direct access to the district and the park, two streets from the Central Business District are directly prolonged.
THE RIPARIAN CORRIDOR
Because of the measures taken within the private and public domain, the water quality and pollution of the riparian corridor should have improved. It can now serve two functions: as an ecological and recreational axis with pathways leading along it, and as source of water for city and agriculture. The challenge is to secure a steady water provision from the storm water peaks, but also to preserve the adjacent areas from flooding and erosion. Therefore, collection ponds are installed to catch the water surplus from the rainy months. From there in, the water is cleaned and pumped towards the water access points as well as to the fields east of the river. Recreational structures can form around these ponds and form a system of rest and activity spaces along the corridor.
THE AGRICULTURAL LAND
Within the further expansion of Machakos, it is essential to preserve the important reservoir and potential recreational axis from construction.
THE SKY IN OUR VEINS
Yet, the agricultural hillside offers potential for suburban developments. To enhance the connectivity between these two separated pieces of land, the “jump” over the river is made by new pedestrian bridges. On the hillside, we need to create structures for urban growth as well as to ensure the productivity of the agriculture.