Sites-and-Services

The minimal urban design of a major 1970-80s housing paradigm in Kenya, El Salvador, Egypt.

‘Sites-and-services’ was an important housing paradigm that was mobilized in the context of development aid to provide cost-efficient housing for the global poor. It often operated on a large scale, and targeted thousands of households in a single project. Instead of proposing a complete design, this housing strategy aimed to guide future construction by providing ‘sites’ in combination with a wide range of ‘services’.

  1. The Dandora Community Development Project
  2. Informal Commercial Infrastructure
  3. Dandora at Night
  4. Roads in Dandora
  5. Colonia El Pepeto
  6. External Actors’ Influence
  7. Appropriation of Private Space
  8. The Influence of Gangs
  9. Community-Based Facilities & Programs
  10. Hay El Salam حيّ السلام
  11. Materials and Social Injustice
  12. Beyond the Fields Lived
  13. Semi-Private Spaces: Protected Spaces in a Growing City