Kim De Raedt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1591648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kim De Raedt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kim |
| FAMILY NAME | De Raedt |
| SIGNATURE | DE RAEDT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between ‘true believers’ and operational experts
Following decolonisation in the late 1950s, Cold War competitiveness and economic globalisation prompted old and new foreign powers to invest in the development of Africa. By means of building and urban planning, they sought to transmit their specific models of modernisation to the continent. Architects from divergent contexts and backgrounds embraced this opportunity to transfer their expertise to Africa, in particular through development aid or…
Building for “l'Authenticité”
In 1966, President Mobutu initiated his political doctrine of recours à l'authenticité in the Congo. Aimed at erasing all traces of Belgian colonialism, it not only led to interventions in social and political life but also found expression in a new state culture, embodied in art and architecture. We trace the impact of this doctrine in the work of Eugène Palumbo, an Italian architect who designed several iconic public buildings under Mobutu's re…
Pour les écoles
Entre 1945 et 1975, une vaste infrastructure scolaire a été édifiée en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), tout d'abord dans le cadre du Plan décennal à l'époque coloniale, puis par le biais de programmes d'aide au développement après 1960. Tandis que ce patrimoine témoignait autrefois d'une anticipation du progrès, aujourd'hui considérablement délabré, il est désormais souvent évoqué pour dénoncer la faillite de l'État. Cet article montre to…
Exchanging Architecture and Urban Planning Practices during the Cold War
In 1985 the German architecture critic and historian Udo Kultermann composed one of the first surveys of architecture in postwar Eastern Europe. The second chapter of that groundbreaking collection deals in particular with architecture production in Poland in the 20th century. In the short introduction to that chapter, which discusses some of the avant-garde realizations, Kultermann cites Polish designers' involvement in the conferences of the Co…
Building the Rainbow Nation. A critical analysis of the role of architecture in materializing a post-apartheid South African identity
Soon after apartheid was abolished in 1994, the quest for a new, ‘authentic’ South African identity resulted in the emergence of the "Rainbow Nation" idea, picturing an equal, multicultural and reconciled society. As architecture is considered a crucial element in the promotion of this Rainbow identity, the country witnessed a remarkable "building boom" with its apogee roughly between 1998 and 2010. Huge investments have been made in state-driven…
Building the Rainbow Nation. A critical analysis of the role of architecture in materializing a post-apartheid South African identity
Soon after apartheid was abolished in 1994, the quest for a new, ‘authentic’ South African identity resulted in the emergence of the “Rainbow Nation” idea, picturing an equal, multicultural and reconciled society. As architecture is considered a crucial element in the promotion of this Rainbow identity, the country witnessed a remarkable “building boom” with its apogee roughly between 1998 and 2010. Huge investments have been made in state-driven…
Between ‘true believers’ and operational experts
Following decolonisation in the late 1950s, Cold War competitiveness and economic globalisation prompted old and new foreign powers to invest in the development of Africa. By means of building and urban planning, they sought to transmit their specific models of modernisation to the continent. Architects from divergent contexts and backgrounds embraced this opportunity to transfer their expertise to Africa, in particular through development aid or…
Building for “l'Authenticité”
In 1966, President Mobutu initiated his political doctrine of recours à l'authenticité in the Congo. Aimed at erasing all traces of Belgian colonialism, it not only led to interventions in social and political life but also found expression in a new state culture, embodied in art and architecture. We trace the impact of this doctrine in the work of Eugène Palumbo, an Italian architect who designed several iconic public buildings under Mobutu's re…
Exchanging Architecture and Urban Planning Practices during the Cold War
In 1985 the German architecture critic and historian Udo Kultermann composed one of the first surveys of architecture in postwar Eastern Europe. The second chapter of that groundbreaking collection deals in particular with architecture production in Poland in the 20th century. In the short introduction to that chapter, which discusses some of the avant-garde realizations, Kultermann cites Polish designers' involvement in the conferences of the Co…
Building the Rainbow Nation. A critical analysis of the role of architecture in materializing a post-apartheid South African identity
Soon after apartheid was abolished in 1994, the quest for a new, ‘authentic’ South African identity resulted in the emergence of the "Rainbow Nation" idea, picturing an equal, multicultural and reconciled society. As architecture is considered a crucial element in the promotion of this Rainbow identity, the country witnessed a remarkable "building boom" with its apogee roughly between 1998 and 2010. Huge investments have been made in state-driven…
Building the Rainbow Nation. A critical analysis of the role of architecture in materializing a post-apartheid South African identity
Soon after apartheid was abolished in 1994, the quest for a new, ‘authentic’ South African identity resulted in the emergence of the “Rainbow Nation” idea, picturing an equal, multicultural and reconciled society. As architecture is considered a crucial element in the promotion of this Rainbow identity, the country witnessed a remarkable “building boom” with its apogee roughly between 1998 and 2010. Huge investments have been made in state-driven…
Exchanging Architecture and Urban Planning Practices during the Cold War
In 1985 the German architecture critic and historian Udo Kultermann composed one of the first surveys of architecture in postwar Eastern Europe. The second chapter of that groundbreaking collection deals in particular with architecture production in Poland in the 20th century. In the short introduction to that chapter, which discusses some of the avant-garde realizations, Kultermann cites Polish designers' involvement in the conferences of the Co…
Between ‘true believers’ and operational experts
Following decolonisation in the late 1950s, Cold War competitiveness and economic globalisation prompted old and new foreign powers to invest in the development of Africa. By means of building and urban planning, they sought to transmit their specific models of modernisation to the continent. Architects from divergent contexts and backgrounds embraced this opportunity to transfer their expertise to Africa, in particular through development aid or…
Building for “l'Authenticité”
In 1966, President Mobutu initiated his political doctrine of recours à l'authenticité in the Congo. Aimed at erasing all traces of Belgian colonialism, it not only led to interventions in social and political life but also found expression in a new state culture, embodied in art and architecture. We trace the impact of this doctrine in the work of Eugène Palumbo, an Italian architect who designed several iconic public buildings under Mobutu's re…
Pour les écoles
Entre 1945 et 1975, une vaste infrastructure scolaire a été édifiée en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), tout d'abord dans le cadre du Plan décennal à l'époque coloniale, puis par le biais de programmes d'aide au développement après 1960. Tandis que ce patrimoine témoignait autrefois d'une anticipation du progrès, aujourd'hui considérablement délabré, il est désormais souvent évoqué pour dénoncer la faillite de l'État. Cet article montre to…
Political science (6 works) · Architecture (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works)