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Merry Christmas & Happy 2022!

In this issue, our featured project is about a recently completed piece of contemporary architecture that successfully fused elements of such style with place, simplicity, elegance and lightness. The bold colors of the façade complemented by the calm grey counterpart gave it a striking appearance in the densely populated neighborhood.

Our Ketema Archives contributor, Helawi Sewnet on his latest column argues how Emperor Menelik II could be considered the technology evangelist of Ethiopia’s modernization history for his endeavor to bring several products of civilization including the automobile to the country and his patience to create cultural acceptance over these foreign technologies.

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https://ketemajournal.com/v-11/

NOVEMBER • DECEMBER • 2021

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“In The History of Mankind, there has never been any other black man like Menelik, who had triggered a lasting fear and doubt in the mind of Europeans”
-Augustus Wylde

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With this first edition of 2022, we at Ketema want to highlight and celebrate the architecture of learning.

At such a post-pandemic and post-conflict time we find ourselves in, it is more important than ever before, not only to re-imagine a better future but also to construct spaces that stimulate and inspire us to do so.

With the recent inauguration of the Abrehot public library by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the launch of The New Ethiopia Schools initiative by Minister of Education Berhanu Nega to re-imagine schools situated in post-conflict zones in the Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia, it made sense to focus our issue on places of learning, gathering and exploring.

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https://ketemajournal.com/v-12/

JANUARY • FEBRUARY • 2022

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የአንድ ከተማ የመሬት አጠቃቀም ሦስት መሠረታዊ አገልግሎቶችን አመጣጥኖ ይይዛል። የአረንጓዴ ክፍት ቦታዎች፣ የመሠረተ ልማት እና ለግንባታ የሚውሉ።

ከዚህ መሠረታዊ ጽንሰ ሀሳብ በተቃረነ መልኩ አዲስ አበባ አያት መንደር የዞን 8 ነዋሪዎች ሕጋዊ ካርታ አውጥተው ላለፉት 15 ዓመታት ያለሙት የሕዝብ መናፈሻ ያለ ምንም ማስጠንቀቂና ሕጋዊ ማስረጃ ማንነታቸው ባልታወቀ ግለሰቦች በትራክተር እየታረሰ መሆኑን አዲስ ማለዳ ዘግባለች፡፡

ይህንን በመሰሉ ጉዳዮች ላይ እንደ አንድ ዜጋ ሙያዊ ሀሳብ ማቅረብ ጉንጭን እንደማልፋት ወይንም ውኃ እንደመውቀጥ ዓይነት ከንቱ ድካም ሆኗል። ሰሚ የለማ !

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For centuries, state architecture and government buildings have attracted fascination from various members of the public and served as a force for design excellence, sustainability and citizen engagement around the world. Architecture, particularly public architecture, in many countries has developed alongside the nation, in response to a government and its people.

The cover feature of this issue explores the new Headquarters Building of the Prosperity Party by S7 Architects, situated at the heart of Arat kilo, the center of politics in Ethiopia’s Capital, Addis Ababa.

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https://ketemajournal.com/v-13/

MARCH • APRIL • 2022

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Hello all,

We would love to feature the built, underconstruction or award (prize) winning architectural, landscape, interior design, urban planning or installation works of 'young architects' (23-35 aged) in Ethiopia.

Kindly, send us a brief basic descriptions (a max. 100 words) and visuals (Renderings, Drawings, Photographs, Concept diagrams etc..) or links of your projects through our email address below:-

NArcHomeArchitecture@gmail.com

due the coming Thursday June 30, 2022, 6pm eat.

We will be promoting your selected works to the wider community under our umbrella through our media and more so that you will get a well deserved public visibility and acknowledgment.

Don't hesitate to join us in promoting your successful works!

N.B- We will select a maximum of top 8-10 submitals for featuring and promotion purposes.
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ለኢትዮዽያ አርክቴክቶች በሙሉ።

የኢትዮዽያ አርክቴክቶች ማህበር ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ ሊቀመንበር ፕሮፌሰር ፋሲል ጊዮርጊስ በኢሜል በጻፉት መልእክት መሰረት በሐምሌ 16 ቀን 2014 ዓ.ም. ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ መጠራቱን አብስረዋል።

ሙሉ ቃሉ በኤሌክትሮኒክ ሜል በተላከው መሰረት በእንግሊዘኛ እንደሚከተለው ይነበባል።

"Dear Member,

Based on article 25 of the by laws of the AEA, the 20th annual general assembly is going to be held on the 23rd of July, 2022.The organizing committee is kindly asking members to forward highly relevant agenda topics pertaining to our association which should be discussed during the one day session. The deadline to send Agenda topics is July 8, 2022."

Regards,
Fasil Giorghis (M.arch)
Chairman of the General  Assembly,

ነባር የማህበሩ አባላት እንዲሁም አዳዲስ ምሩቃን አርክቴክቶች ወደዚህ እጅግ ወደሚያስፈልገን ማሀበር ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ መምጣት ይኖርብናል። ላለፉት 3 አመታት በማናውቀውና ህጉን ባልጠበቀ መልኩ ስብሰባው ያልተካሄደ ሲሆን አሁን ይሄንን እድል ተጠቅመን በማህበሩ ውስጥ መታቀፍ፣ ለመመረጥ መዘጋጀት፣ በክልል ያለን ደግሞ አዲስአበባ ብቻ ባሉ የማህበር አመራሮች የተወሰነውን የየአመራር ኮሚቴ አባላት አሰራር በተገቢ ሁኔታ ውክልና ለማግኘት ሲባል መለወጥ ይኖርብናል።

በመሆኑም በሁሉም ክልል ከተሞች ያለን አርክቴክቶች በዚህ ቀን መምጣትና የሚከተሉትን አጀንዳ ማንሳት ይኖርብናል።

1. የግዴታ የምንጠብቀውን የአርክቴክቶች ማህበር የከተሞች የቻፕተር አስፈላጊነትን ማንሳት።

2. ስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ ውስጥ ከውክልና አንጻር ከአዲስአበባ ውጪ ያሉ የማህበር አባላት መወከል እንዳለባቸው ከዝያም አልፎ ከአዲስ አበባ ውጪ ያሉ  ቻፕተሮች በምን መልኩ ነው የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባላት ውስጥ ሊወከሉ የሚችሉት የሚለውን ማንሳት ይኖርብናል።

3. ወጣት አርክቴክቶች ስትመረጡ ልትከውኑ ካሰባችሁት እቅድ ጋር የምረጡኝ ዘመቻውን በግልጽም ሆነ በግል ማስኬድ  ይኖርባችኋል። አለበለዝያ እናንተ ለማገልገል ካላሰባችሁ ማህበሩ እንደ ከዚህ ቀድሞው ሁልግዜ አንድአይነት ፊት የሚታይበት በረጅም ግዜ የሚደረግ ዘላቂ ጥቅም በማያመጣ መተካካት ውስጥ ያልፋል።

በመሆኑም አዲስአበባም ሆነ የክልል ከተሞች ውስጥ ያለን አርክቴክቶች ያንን ቀን ሌላ ፕሮግራም ባለመያዝ እንዲሁም በጠቅላላ ጉባኤው ላይ ለመመረጥ፣ ለመምረጥና ንቁ ተሳትፎ ለማድረግ ተዘጋጅተን መምጣት ይኖርብናል። ማህበራችን የሁላችንም ነው። ማህበሩን ማገልገል ደግሞ ትልቁ ጥሪን መወጣት ነው። ማህበሩ ከደከመ እኔ ደክሜአለሁ ማህበሩ ከበረታ እኔ በርትቻለሁ ማለት እስክንችል ድረስ ሁላችን አርክቴክቶች ማህበሩ የእኛ መሆኑን መረዳት ይኖርብናል።

ማንም አርክቴክት ከሌላው በበለጠ ማህበሩ የኔ ነው የሚል ሀላፊነት ሊሰማው አይገባም። በተቃራኒውም ማንም አርክቴክት ማህበሩን ከሌላው ባነሰ ስሜት ሊመለከት አይገባም። በተጨማሪም አዲስ አባላት መመዝገብያና አመታዊ መዋጮአችንን ይዘን መምጣት አንርሳ።

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