ISPADA Israeli Planning, Architecture and Development in Africa
Sierra Leone National Urbanisation Plan
Aryeh Doudai and Ursula Oelsner
Institute for Planning and Development ltd.
sierra leone | 1965
In December 1965, the IPD (Institute for Planning and Development in Israel) published the “Sierra Leone National Urbanization Plan”. The plan was commissioned by the government of Sierra Leone and implemented under the auspices of the Department of International Cooperation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Project was directed by senior planner and architect- Arie Dudai with architect and planner, Ursula Oelsner at the head of the team. The idea came from Sierra Leone’s Housing and Planning Minister who visited Israel in 1963, and met with Dudai, who acted as an urban planning advisor in Sierra Leone in 1960-61 (Levin, 2015). This invitation was part of the growing relationships between the young state of Israel and the post-colonial African countries on the 1960s. It was also related to the UN planning objectives in the third-world.
The document was published under the sub-title “Survey for Planning”, analyzing the conditions at the time as well as offering a future planning framework.
The Project was directed by senior planner and architect- Arie Dudai with architect and planner, Ursula Oelsner at the head of the team. The idea came from Sierra Leone’s Housing and Planning Minister who visited Israel in 1963, and met with Dudai, who acted as an urban planning advisor in Sierra Leone in 1960-61 (Levin, 2015). This invitation was part of the growing relationships between the young state of Israel and the post-colonial African countries on the 1960s. It was also related to the UN planning objectives in the third-world.
The document was published under the sub-title “Survey for Planning”, analyzing the conditions at the time as well as offering a future planning framework.
