It is our pleasure to announce that INTI is expanding to new and exciting frontiers in 2013. Following the success of our New New Towns satellite programs in Chandigarh, India and Shenzhen, China, we are now setting up similar programs in Nairobi, Kenya, Accra, Ghana and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
The New New Towns program is an integrated approach to urban planning that engages locals in a participatory process through expert meetings and design workshops with international professionals, researchers-in-residence programs, student exchanges between local and European universities and a variety of supporting events such as lectures, conferences and publications.
In April 2013, INTI representatives visited Nairobi to begin the process of setting up our first satellite office in Africa. We are now in discussions with the Technical University of Kenya, the University of Nairobi, the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communication and the Go Down Arts Centre about the implementation phase of this project.
Due to the widespread urban development and New Town construction happening across the African continent, now is time to join in this planning process. Over the coming decade, Africa will see development growth on an unprecedented scale. We are eager to be on the ground while this breathtaking change is happening and affirm our mandate to “improve the quality of global urban development, with a focus on New Towns.”
