Casas Melhoradas wins Energy Globe Award
22.07.2020
Casas Melhoradas was awarded the national Energy Globe Award for Mozambique. The award is given to projects which enhance sustainable development. Read more here.
New book on Casas Melhoradas
02.02.2019
Casas Melhoradas – Affordable Housing in Maputo (2018), contains background material on the project, information about the first four constructed housing projects, as well as a brief outline of ongoing and future project activities.
It is available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Melhoradas-Affordable-Housing-Maputo-Mozambique/dp/8778309948/
Phase 4 featured on numerous websites
30.08.2018
Casas Melhoradas Phase 4 was published on numerous architecture web-sites. Read more here:
Phase 4 featured on Design Indaba
09.08.2018
Casas Melhoradas Phase 4 was published on one of the most prominent African architecture websites, Design Indaba. Read more here:
http://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/can-you-deliver-affordable-housing-while-increasing-quality
Phase 4 featured on ArchDaily
11.07.2018
Casas Melhoradas Phase 4 was published on the world’s most visited architecture website, ArchDaily. Read more here:
https://www.archdaily.com/897735/compact-housing-in-the-informal-settlements-of-maputo-casas-melhoradas
New housing prototype completed
25.06.2018
Casas Melhoradas Phase 4 was completed in June 2018 and consists of a low-rise high-density row-house typology with 6 dwellings on a plot where there would otherwise reside a single family. Accordingly, the project demonstrates how space and infrastructure can be used more economically.
Casas Melhoradas featured in KADK exhibition
06.04.2018
Casas Melhoradas is currently featured in the exhibition Africa: Rethinking Architecture and Design, at KADK – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine ArtsSchools of Architecture, Design and Conservation.
Read more about the exhibition here: https://kadk.dk/en/calendar/africa-rethinking-architecture-and-design
Casas Melhoradas featured in UN-Habitat exhibition
11.10.2017
Casas Melhoradas was featured in the UN-Habitat exhibition Politicas de Habitação: Casa Acessíveis (Housing Policy: Affordable Housing) at Centro Cultural Franco Brasil-Moçambique, Maputo.
Phase 3 published on Arkitekten.dk
29.09.2017
Casas Melhoradas phase 3 is featured in a selection of small houses on Arkitekten.dk
Read more here: https://arkitekten.dk/smaa-huse-udefra/
The XX Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in Chile 2017
15.05.2017
Casas Melhoradas is selected for the upcoming Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in Santiago. The exhibition will focus on the ‘unpostponable’ within architecture and urbanism including work with those who reside in the margins and who have not seen their necessities and aspirations reflected in their urban environment.
Read more here: http://www.impostergable.cl/en/
New housing prototype under construction
04.05.2017
The fourth Casas Melhoradas housing prototype is under construction. The project is located in Maxaquene A, in proximity to phase 2 of the project. Phase 4 is a row house typology with 6 individual housing units, featuring private outdoor spaces for cooking, recreational and social purposes distributed vertically through the built volume.
Article on housing, land rights and urban development in Maputo in El Pais
04.05.2017
Casas Melhoradas is featured in a comprehenssive article in one of the main European news outlets, El Pais. The article focusses on several issues related to urban development in Maputo. Read more here: http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/05/03/planeta_futuro/1493802772_657441.html
New publication on Casas Melhoradas
04.01.2017
A new publication on the Casas Melhoradas prototypes, the background of the project, the knowledge produced in the process and the future planned activities has been published. Contact jmot@kadk.dk if you want to receive a physical copy by mail or browse through it above. Click on full screen to enhance the experience.
https://issuu.com/johanmottelson/docs/cm_publikation_til_hjemmeside
Casas Melhoradas featured in exhibition
04.01.2017
Casas Melhoradas will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, Art of Many and The Right to Space, at Utzon Center. The exhibition will open 9. feb 2017.
Read more here: Utzon Center
Casas Melhoradas featured in Banker Africa & African Design Magazine
22.09.2016
The two magazines Banker Africa and African Design Magazing recently published an articles on Casas Melhoradas, urban development and housing in informal settlements.
Read more here:
African Banker
African Design Magazine (the project is featured on page 34)
Casas Melhoradas featured in exhibition catalogue from the Venice Biennale of Architecture
13.09.2016
Casas Melhoradas Phase 2 was exhibited at the Danish pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Read more about the exhibition here:
Design Boom
Danish Architecture Centre
Casas Melhoradas Exhibited at Virserum Museum of Art
25.08.2016
Casas Melhoradas is featured in the current exhibition, Architecture of Necessity at Virserum Museum of art. The picture is from the exhibition calalogue. Read more here: http://www.virserumskonsthall.com/archnec-architecture-necessity/
Casas Melhoradas in Arkitekten
15.07.2016
In March, the Danish architectural magazine, Arkitekten published an article on Casas Melhoradas, urban development and housing in informal settlements. Read more here: http://arkfo.dk/da/shop/product/arkitekten-nr-3-2016
Phase 3 on ArchDaily
18.06.2016
Casas Melhoradas Phase 3 was recently published on the world’s most visited architecture website, ArchDaily. Read more here:
http://www.archdaily.com/789565/casas-melhoradas-reimagines-affordable-housing-in-maputo-mozambique
Casas Melhoradas exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
01.06.2016
Casas Melhoradas Phase 2 was exhibited at the Danish pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Read more about the exhibition here:
Design Boom
Danish Architecture Centre
Construction of new housing model completed
21.04.2016
Casas Melhoradas Phase 3 was completed in April 2016 and consists of a vertical addition to an old house in the neighborhood Polana Caniço. The project demonstrates how existing buildings can be tranformed to meet the need to build more dense.
New housing model under construction
14.03.2016
A new housing prototype is currently under construction. More details will follow shortly.
Lousiana exhibition catalogue
26.01.2016
Casas Melhoradas featured in the publication for the exhibition, African Architecture, Culture and Identity at Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art.
Read more at: http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/africa
The Venice Biennale of Architecture 2016
18.01.2016
Casas Melhoradas will be featured in the exhibition at the Danish Pavilion at this years Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Italy.
Casas Melhoradas published on numerous websites
19.11.2015
Since the project was published on Archdaily in October, it has been published on several other platforms, along with the Archdaily article in Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.
http://www.archdaily.com/775748/royal-danish-academy-of-fine-arts-designs-low-income-housing-prototypes-in-mozambique
http://www.archdaily.cn/cn/775927/dan-mai-huang-jia-mei-zhu-xue-yuan-she-ji-de-mo-sang-bi-ke-bao-zhang-xing-zhu-fang-yuan-xing
http://www.archdaily.com.br/br/775913/royal-danish-academy-cria-prototipos-de-habitacoes-de-baixo-custo-em-mocambique
http://www.archdaily.co/co/776108/royal-danish-academy-crea-prototipos-de-viviendas-a-bajo-costo-en-mozambique
https://www.facebook.com/ArchDaily/posts/10156176769710603?comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22O%22%7D
https://urbannext.net/affordable-housing-prototypes-in-maputo/
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/affordable-housing
http://carmonreestrutura.com/2015/10/30/prototipos-de-habitacoes-de-baixo-custo-em-mocambique/
http://www.architectth.com/?p=11977
http://architectureindevelopment.org/project.php?id=564
http://architizer.com/projects/casas-melhoradas/
Casas Melhoradas featured on Archdaily
22.10.2015
The project was featured on the world’s most visited architecture website. Read more here:http://www.archdaily.com/775748/royal-danish-academy-of-fine-arts-designs-low-income-housing-prototypes-in-mozambique
Project exhibited at Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art
11.10.2015
Casas Melhoradas featured in the exhibition, African Architecture, Culture and Identity at Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art. Read more here: http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/africa
Casas Melhoradas featured in exhibition on African Architecture
10.06.2015
A major exhibition on African Architecture, Culture and Identity will open at Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art, June 25th. A section will focus on urban development and housing in Maputo, which will include photos and information on Casas Melhoradas. Read more here: http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/africa