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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Site layout.

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    Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 3rd prize 2008 Africa Middle East: (l-r) Maranga Njoroge with Holger Wallbaum.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Sustainable construction technology and the contextual expression and response.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Main waterfront facility.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Plan level 1: marina museum.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Plan level 2: marina museum.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Waste management museum and multi-purpose open space.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": A phased approach to the development of the site.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Water management program.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Offshore breakwaters: a sustainable invention.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya": Site location and overview.

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    Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 3rd prize 2008 Africa Middle East: (l-r) Benedette Nthale and Maranga Njoroge.

  • Next generation Next Generation 3rd prize 2008–2009 Middle East Africa

The Mama Ngina waterfront park is polluted and degraded. The plan proposes a holistic intervention to develop the site and protect the environment. The project proposes sustainably constructed buildings in landscaped parkland – sociocultural facilities embedded within nature. Free public access is assured.

By Maranga Njoroge - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya and

Ideas: Urban Requalification

The Mama Ngina waterfront park is polluted and degraded. The plan proposes a holistic intervention to develop the site and protect the environment.

The Waterfront sustainable development concept proposes sustainably constructed buildings in landscaped parkland – sociocultural facilities embedded within nature. Free public access is assured.

Waterfront sustainable development concept

Project authors

  • Maranga Njoroge

    University of Nairobi

    Kenya

  • Benedette Nthale

    ATS

    Kenya

Project updates

November 13, 2008 | Holcim Awards | Marrakech, Morocco

Sustainable construction projects applauded across Africa Middle East

The winners of the second Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction from across region Africa Middle East were announced at a ceremony in Marrakech. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to eleven projects that illustrated the broad scope for applying sustainable construction approaches to the built environment across public and private architecture, urban planning, and environmental remediation.

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June 19, 2008 | Regional Jury Report – Africa Middle East | Johannesburg, South Africa

“A multitude of quantitative as well as qualitative environmental and social targets” – Holcim Awards Jury

The project proposes a holistic intervention towards an intensive commercial development of a highly-attractive prime beach area located within a hot-humid tropical climate in Mombasa, Kenya. At the same time the prevailing threats of pollution by sewage water and solid waste as well as the naturally driven erosion of the coast line shall be stopped.

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February 29, 2008 | Project Entry & Details | Mombasa, Kenya

Project Entry 2008 for Africa Middle East

The Mama Ngina waterfront park is polluted and degraded. The plan proposes a holistic intervention to develop the site and protect the environment. The Waterfront sustainable development concept proposes sustainably constructed buildings in landscaped parkland – sociocultural facilities embedded within nature. Free public access is assured.

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