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africanCities, Conor O’Shea, Francis Kéré, GSD, GSD Platform 6, High Density, Project, Territory and mobility

Africa, africanCities, Agriculture, Architecture, Architecture’s challenge, Biogas Generation, Built environment, Burkina Faso, Challenge, City Plan, Crisis, Critique, Discipline, Emergent issues, Harvard, Heat Mitigation, Local solutions, Machine for Living In, Megalopolis, Multifunctional building, Multifunctional space, On Discourse and Practices, Political & Economic Approach, Project, Rain Water Harvesting, Resources, Social city, Social commitment, Social strategies, Territorial Approach, Urban design, Urban Health, Water harvests

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GSD has always recognized the indispensable importance and values of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design, yet has transcended their individual aspirations through intellectual cross-fertilization and collaboration. The material presented in this publication forms a small part of the incredible range and diversity of proposals and visions that our students and faculty have produced during the past academic year. This work is indicative of the School’s commitment, as a global leader in the field, to exploring and articulating transformative ideas through the power of design. It is as important for us to share and communicate the outcome of our research and design investigations as it is to show making of these projects.