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Equatorial Guinea Architecture Guide
Despite the growing interest in Africa, the continent’s built environment continues to be largely disconnected from many parts of the world. These volumes of the Architectural Guides series constitute the first comprehensive overview of architecture in the southern Sahara that gives justice to the wealth of buildings in the region. In 49 capitols, each centered …
The Bioko Island: Lived Architecture
The publication of Bioko Island: Lived Architecture marks the start of a new collection of concise catalogues about architectural and urban heritage in Equatorial Guinea, the result of ongoing research and fieldwork.This edition places the historic built landscape in context and provides basic information about how the units of landscape, the towns and the cities, and their …
Malabo city and architecture
With the publication “Malabo. City and Architecture,” we present the second installment of the collection of concise catalogues on the architectural and urban heritage of Equatorial Guinea. This publication aims to disseminate the heritage and historical memory values of the city of Malabo, as well as to enhance the historic center, with the purpose of …
The implementation of model villages in Equatorial Guinea
October, 2021 In October 2021, I participated in the seminar “Territory Experiences. Repressive Architectures and Memory Spaces under Francoism,” which addressed experiences related to architecture, territory, and lived spaces during the dictatorship from different research disciplines and artistic practices. These practices explore these spaces both as agents of repression and resistance, as well as their …
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Santa Isabel: Words, Images and Experiences
January 2020 “Equatorial Guinea (Un)Known” is the main result (although not the only one) of the research project funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, ‘What we know, ignore, invent, and distort about the past and present of Equatorial Guinea. Multidisciplinary critical review and new research avenues’ (HAR2012-34599). Image extracted from page 367 of Travels …
Crossed Colonization: Housing Development in Urban Peripheries
January 2015 Within the framework of the research group GAMUC, African Modern Urban Challenge in Former Spanish Colonies(2014-2020), we contributed to the publication edited by Carlos Nunes with the chapter titled “Crossed Colonization: Housing Development in Urban Peripheries. The Hispanic-African Colonial Territories, 1912 – 1976 – 2013″. As a research team, GAMUC studied the contemporary urban …
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