The document outlines a structural plan concept for the Nabweru North area in Nansana, Wakiso District, Uganda, detailing its geographic, social, and economic context. It evaluates the strengths, weaknesses, and proposed improvements in transportation, utilities, waste management, and community infrastructure, aiming to enhance living conditions and connectivity for residents. Ultimately, the plan seeks to foster a cohesive community by integrating various land uses and promoting economic development through organized housing and infrastructure.

1. Group 2
Nabweru north a
Structural plan concept
Kibirango Maurice
Kagoya Clara
Kisukiro Daniel
Kiggundu Frank
Kayondo Allan
Ndawula Mubalaka

2. The site is located in Wakiso
district, Nansana Town
Council in Nabweru North
Nansana Town Council is
located on the main highway
between Kampala and
Hoima 15 KM out of the city
center.
Location
UGANDA
NANSANA
Wakiso District
Nansana-town
council
Nabweru Sub-
Country
Nabweru-North
Ward
Site
Proximity of the
site to the
central
business
district
City
Center
Site

3. The Site has the following
Limits;
The North facing boundary is
316m
The East facing boundary (along
katoke-Nabweru Road), 400m
The South facing boundary (along
Bwaise-Nabweru Road) 481m
The West facing boundary 396m
Area size of the site is
approximately 155958 m2 (38.5
acres)

4. Proximity of Nabweru to city
Centre hence less cost of transport
and service delivery to the area
The gentle slopping nature of the
terrain provides an opportunity for
drainage and water distribution.
Homes close to roads and
walkways have commercial
frontages highlighting the idea of
mixed-use.
Physical survey and land
use
Strengths and
Opportunities
The settlement pattern is organic, and the
mushrooming informal settlements spread to
the nearby wetland, disturbing the natural
drainage patterns of the place causing
flooding during the rainy season.
The highest point on site is the most active,
with social and civic areas like the church,
police and the nearby soccer field which also
accommodates weekly markets on

5. Strategic location of the Town Council near to the
capital city of Uganda
Presence of seasonal (Muburo) markets in the area .
Presence of informal savings and loans groups
amongst the people in the area this shows that
there is social cohesion in the area which makes
planning a lot more easier.
Presence of some basic leisure activities on site like
playing pool though they need improvement.
The site is located on top of the hill which reveals
distant views of the surrounding places.

6. Weaknesses and Threats
People own extremely small plots of land, that are not at all in line with the
National physical planning guidelines
The plots have got irregular shapes
Very few people actually own the land in this area. Most of the people are
illegal tenants.
Poor hygiene, waste disposal and water drainage methods.
Planning On Already Developed Land Lay Out Structure.
Increase In Crime Rates which hinders investment in this area.
High Garbage Rates That Override Services Available
It is difficult to access the areas inside the site area due to lack of access
roads and proper routes through the area.

7. EXISTING ACCESS ROADS AND PATHS

8. Strengths
TRANSPORT
• Poor pedestrian
infrastructure, consumed
by roadside market and
makeshift commercial
structures.
• Construction of buildings in
zero proximity to the
existing roads i.e.
congestion of the
residential area.
• Narrow pathways and
roads become drainage
channels with deep
gullies.
• Majority of buildings have
no access to open spaces
or compounds.
• Some storm water drains
are maliciously blocked by
residents.
• Existence of two major
tarmacked roads (Bwaise-
Nabweru Road ) south of the
site and (Bwaise-Katoke Road)
North of the site.
• The city council policy of
tarmacking 2 Km of road every
financial year.
Weaknesses

9. Pedestrians are forced to
walk along the vehicular
road
The ever growing
population in the area
might affect future planning
of roads due to increased
encroachment on the
planned areas.
Some permanent structures
have been constructed on
areas which are supposed
to be road reserves.
Threats  Provision of taxi stops and
proper waiting places along the
primary and secondary roads.
 Provision of safer walk ways and
cycling lanes.
 Provision of Road signage such
as pedestrian crossings, parking
signs to enhance road safety.
 Provision of streetlights on
primary and secondary roads.
This would eliminate dark spots
which harbor crime.
 Provide proper drainage
channels on all roads.
 Setting up od vehicular traffic
zones, motor traffic zones and
pedestrian zones. The existing
nature of the roads makes it
possible
Our Proposal

10. Threats and Weaknesses
•Electric power is quite expensive for
most of the residents to use
extensively for all house chores.
•There are reported electricity theft
and illegal power connections in the
slum areas which at times result in
power blackouts, shocks and fire
outbreaks.
•Alternative sources like charcoal
pose an environmental threat in the
long run as the nearby forests are
constantly encroached
UTILITIES IN NABWERU
Power Supply
Strengths Opportunities
•The biggest portion of the site
has access to hydro electricity
power.
• Solar that can be used in
house holds and street
lamps

11. UTILITIES IN
NABWERU
Waste Management
Strengths Opportunities
There is a garbage
collection arrangement by
Nabweru town council
Threats and Weaknesses
• No sufficient system for
sorting garbage exists at
the moment
• Limited efforts on reducing
waste at source
• Limited involvement of
private sector and
communities in waste
management.
PROPOSALS
• Joint ownership of pit
latrines
• Cesspool for multiple
families
• Establishing an efficient
decentralized garbage
collection systems
• Encourage recycling of
solid waste where

12. • Since the largest cost factors in waste disposal are transport and
collection, reduction of the quantities, through early separation and
recycling, is a very effective means for achieving savings.
• Reductions in the volume of waste and decentralized processing are
some of the approaches which could be followed and from which an
organized community could benefit.
• Community participation in waste disposal can be a catalyst in
community−development work, because it gives residents a feeling of
self−esteem.
• It can lead to the possibility of income generation through recycling
which will also reduce the quantities of material that have to be
transported for disposal.
Community Participation In waste Management

13. • Primary waste collection (neighborhood − wide collection and
storage);
• A waste−management system, administering and financing
the primary collection system;
• Planned co−operation with municipal service agencies, to
ensure a reliable transfer of waste from the primary to the
secondary collection cycle;
• The development of recycling activities within the community
• The development of income−generation activities, through
processing and upgrading of waste material and
development of local industries.
Community Participation − Solid Waste Management in Low−Income Housing Projects: The
Scope for Community Participation United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

14. Opportunities
•The area is networked with water pipes
•There exist potential areas around the site
were wells and bore halls could be built to
provide cheaper water as an alternatives to
piped water.
•The water from the wells flows regularly as
compared to tap water hence its readily
available to the locals.
Weaknesses.
•Piped water is expensive thus some people
cannot afford it.
•The wells are only at the foot of the hill,
apparently there are no wells with in the site.
•Accessibility to the wells is hard especially
during the wet seasons as the area gets
slippery during rainy days.
•The lower end of the site where the wells are
located are vulnerable to contamination
especially as waste from the latrines and
bathrooms penetrate to the water table.
Water distribution
Proposal;
Rain water harvesting for each
homesteads or to a community
reservoir

15. CIVIC LAND-USE
Strengths
Presence of the police post near the site.
Presence of the church and the nearby
mosque both constructed with
permanent materials.

16. Weaknesses
The available health center is
off the site and cannot fully
serve the ever growing
population.
The nearby schools are poorly
located and lack green
spaces.
There are no technical
schools which would help in
skilling the youth to reduce on
the current levels of
unemployment.
Several community based
organizations that engage in
income generating activities
don’t have official places
where the potential members
in the community could use
when subscribing to a specific
association
Our Proposal
 Creating a community center which
will include activities for all age
groups
 Providing a health center on site to
compliment the existing one which
can not support the current
capacity.
 Providing a well planned schools to
replace the poorly located schools .
 Provision of a technical school to
counteract the ever growing youth
unemployment due to lack of the
required skills.

17. Economic activities
Within the planning area,
economic activities are
mainly along the access
routes. These include,
fabrication, restaurants,
retail shops, drug shops,
salons, to mention but a
few.
Legend
• Fabrication
• Real estate
• Retail
• Entertainment
• Agriculture
Summary of Analysis

18. Drainage
The main national water and
sewerage line runs along
Lugoba road. The branches
of this line that run through
the site are not
documented.
Storm water is carried
along the ring road in
informal drains and gullies.
The site generally drains
towards the northwest. (to
the swamp)
Legend
General drainage
NWSC main line
Storm water drainage
Site boundary

19. Power lines
The power distribution lines
run across the three main
sectors created by the ring
road.
Rather than run along
roads though, the pass over
houses creating a fire
hazard, making
maintenance difficult, to
mention but a few
Legend
Ring road
Main road
Main poles
Sub-poles

20. Access and settlement
Along the main roads and
the ring road, the
settlements are loose,
allowing one to easily
penetrate that first layer of
buildings.
Behind that however, a
dense layer of tightly
packed houses creates a
maze of narrow paths
leading eventually to a once
again loose interior.
Legend
Site boundaries
Loose settlements
Dense settlements
Counter pull points

21. Access and settlement
The junctions have served
as stops largely for motor
transport (boda-boda)
Between the nodes an
activity spine has formed
where most businesses are
located.Legend
Active Junctions
(nodes)
Activity spine
Junctions

22. MISSION STATEMENT
To create an intimate neighborhood that acknowledges the inhabitant
and consequently causes him to acknowledge it. That links the home,
work and services such that each part is indispensible and desirable to
live in.
CONCEPT
A SKELETON RATHER THAN A SPINE

23. • To relieve the pressure and stacking of activity and housing along Buyinja road to
fully utilize the entire site with well organized housing.
• Through creating a skeleton community as opposed to a spinal one, we aim at
creating a cohesive community that will develop steadily and evenly as a whole.
• We also plan on bettering the traffic and road network within the site by availing
the residents with an effective and efficient network that does away with sudden
termination of roads, proving clear all access to housing, ease of navigation
without mazes and easily accessible public transportation.
• To improve on the standard of living of the residents with increased security within
the community.
• To improve on the general aesthetics of the site using green streets.
Project objectives

24. • Promote a variety of housing typologies that acknowledge the mobile nature of the
community. The needs of new and existing families and differing households among
different levels of affordability.
• To create a framework prioritising economic development and poverty is relieved
through education and training and the mobilisation of financial resources.
• To create a framework within which all parts of the planning area are desirable for
settlement.
Economic activities, skills, entrepreneurship proving pointers for the future.
• The various number of activity spines designed to accommodate small, medium and
micro enterprises were located with in the settlement.
• To create a community that emphasises connectivity both social and spatial.
encouraging social cohesion .i.e. through the road network, parks, nodes.

25. nodes
• Community nodes- churches, clinics, community centres
• Civic nodes
• Retail nodes
Interactive public spaces making the area economically and socially stable i.e. the
market days within open spaces of the community.
Buildings facing the street especially in corner shops encouraging passive
surveillance.
Green belts- planting trees on the neighbourhood streets to help define the edges
and shaded canopies.
Creation of multi layered spaces acting as play areas in the day and at night acting
as parking areas and encouraging interactions between neighbours.

26. Counter points of interest
The three counter points of
interest are spaces that
gather people for leisure,
trade and services; a
trading centre, a leisure
park and a community
service centre.Legend
Junctions
Main roads
New activity
spines

27. Hierarchy of roads
We propose the traffic be
categorized into vehicular,
motor and pedestrian.
The vehicular routes link all
activity nodes in the
planning area.
The motor routes are
parallel to the vehicular
routes along the edge of
the residential zones.
The residential zones will
have singular vehicular
access, all other routes
being pedestrian
Legend
Vehicular traffic
Motor cycle traffic
Pedestrian zones

28. Green zones
The main green zones will
be the leisure park, the
agricultural mixed use
settlements around the
market, the junctions (rest
stops) and the main routes
joining the activity nodes.Legend
Open green space
Green streets
Stretch of streets

29. Land use
Along Nabweru road are
larger scale businesses.
Along Lugoba road are
residential units. In the
southeast node is the
trading centre surrounded
by mainly commercial
agriculture practicing
households. The north most
node is the green leisure
park. The southwestern
node has civic and
community service
facilities.
Legend
Mixed use
Residential
Commercial
Civic and community services
Agricultural
Open space

30. Densities
Along Nabweru road are
larger scale businesses.
Along Lugoba road are
residential units. In the
southeast node is the
trading centre surrounded
by mainly commercial
agriculture practicing
households. The north most
node is the green leisure
park. The southwestern
node has civic and
community service
facilities.
Legend
High density
Medium density
High density

31. CASE STUDY : CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
Canberra
• Has a population of 381,488 and covers an area of 814.2 square kilometers
• Lies between Sydney and Melbourne
• The plan features geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons from different radii and
triangles, and was centered on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks such
as lake Burley griffin (iconic), mount Ainslie Bimbei peak, constitutional avenue, market
center

32. Inner Canberra
• The roads in Canberra have a wheel and spoke pattern
where they radiate from one point
• City's design was influenced by the garden city
movement
• There are seven residential districts, each of which is
divided into smaller suburbs, and most of which have a
town center which is the focus of commercial and social
activities

33. Case studies
1. DHARAVI SLUM (MUMBAI-INDIA)
(About a third of the world’s urban population lives in slums in 1990, and the total number of slum dwellers
might rise to 1.5 billion by 2020. Slum growth has been particularly marked in Africa.)
The slum grew because of expulsion of factories and
residents from peninsular city centre by colonial
government, and from rural poor migrating into urban
Mumbai.
DHARAVI is located at the city level and easy to access mass
transit and infrastructure.
The land use are industries (leather tanneries, garbage
recycling). Commercial uses mostly shops along the main
access main (using the raw materials from the slum)
Its organic and highly permeable making it difficult to provide
services ???

34. Redevelopment plans
• Dharavi is made up of housing, schools, parks and roads that serve the slum.
• About 30%of the land was designated for commercial and residential although its already
occupied.
Sanitation issues and the solutions .
• Dharavi has severe problems with public health, due to the scarcity of toilet facilities, due
in turn to the fact that most housing and 90% of the commercial units in Dharavi are
illegal..???
Solution
No attempt has been taken by the government but however the residents have devised means
by recycling the garbage and putting it at use.
- Using polythene sacks to make drainage channels.
- Recycling plastic to make housing.

35. DESIGN IDEAS FOR DRARAVI
• VISION STATEMENT-promoting social and community
identity
- Creating a self-dependent and sustainable residential
community that promotes social identity for the inhabitants
of the site and its surrounding.(organic character)
- The idea stems from the key problems on site and the
community needs that include :
Poverty, Poor health and sanitation, Inadequate housing
facilities Inadequate security and safety.

36. 2. Rocinha Urban Strategy
By arch; Kyle Beneventi
located in Rochina, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
• These are Informal Settlements first occupied by a
community of farmers. It’s the largest slum in South
America with 356 people per acre and into one of the most
dense living situations(13,884; 39 acres)
• Due to its small size, Kyle Beneventi proposes an urban
strategy to make Rocinha a very walkable city, dealing
principally with voids to break up the blanket of uniform
building mass..

37. • Bacia do Una plan was implemented according to the original proposal. The program
centered on sanitation, drainage, and street paving actions in the intervention area (The
action to solve this specific problem came in response to the inhabitants’ historical
demand)
• Cingapura/PROVER, São Paulo, it had the merit of initiating a type of intervention that
did not remove the favela from its place, keeping the dwellers in high-rise blocks built
on the site of their original residences.
• Overcoming resource constraints through community labour or financial contributions
• Enhancing sustainability by ensuring stakeholder ownership, and developing local
capacities.
Lessons leant

38. challenges
• Poor living conditions; lacking many of the basic amenities
that constitute a healthy standard of living.
• Vernacular buildings, potentially hazardous on these steep
slopes.
• Congestion resulting in minimal ventilation and natural light
on the street level.

39. • The proposal paired a series of small towers with
the periodic mini-plazas along primary corridors,
reducing the building foot print and keeping
residents rooted in the micro communities that
their social and economic lives depend on.
• However, the fact that it was not designed to
build or improve dwellings partially limited its
ability to promote a complete upgrade.
PLAN FOR THE FOR DEVELOPEMENT

40. Strategies
• Dealt principally with voids to break up the blanket of
uniform building mass.
Circulation
• The central plazas in the design are linked along main
arteries of circulation. Construction of the main plazas
helped to spread out commercial activity and sustain
• future growth.
Therefore, the goal was to utilize as much pre-existing open
space as possible, linking each plaza with current main roads.
Make Rocinha a very walk-able city dealing principally with
voids to break up the blanket of uniform building mass.
Before After

41. Systematization of Huruma in-situ
housing upgrading project
• I t has been slightly over 13 years since
the project started. Over that time 240
housing units were completed
successfully in Kambi-moto, Mahira,
Ghetto and Gitathuru (4 of the 6
Huruma settlements). This achievement
has made the project a unique case of
successful in-situ slum upgrading, at a
time when there has been considerable
talk about failure or stalling of many
slum upgrading initiatives internationally.

42. Initiatives taken….
A Case of People’s Participation in Slum Upgrading
Inspite of the success and reputation about Huruma’s successful transformative
efforts, there has not proper documentation of the on project .
The inequality of access to land in the city is one of the largest factors and
contributors to development of slums. A new ideology of “slum upgrading” hence
emerged.
Problems to solve:
The inequality of access to land in the city
Inadequate land for housing
Poverty and inability to construct proper housing.

43. • Sites and services program done in the 1970s by the GOK
and UN-Habitat was one of the steps towards extension of
services to Greenfields to avert development of new slums.
• Community participation. The community prioritized
house upgrading and the Trust helped to mobilize the
community to come together to start saving little monies on
a daily basis and to start negotiating with the city council of
Nairobi to grant them access to the land they had lived on
for several years for upgrading.

44. • The design of the improved units allowed incremental construction. This was
not only convenient for slum dwellers who cannot raise the required total
construction cost in a one-off but also allow incremental occupation beginning
with the starter unit. Allocation criteria are agreed upon by the community
members based on their own set criteria hence a guard against gentrification
Other initiatives.
- Adequate planning measures have also proceeded with the anticipated rapid
growth of towns in the new counties to avoid carrying over of the lessons badly
learnt in our current cities.

45. • Construction guilds of the urban poor could be an option in reducing upgrading
costs. The on-going slum upgrading and prevention policy is also expected to
recommend appropriate land tenure system, financing and prevention of
further proliferation of slums. Adequate planning measures should precede the
anticipated rapid growth of towns in the new counties to avoid carrying over of
the lessons badly learnt in our current cities.
• The on-going slum upgrading and prevention policy has also recommended
appropriate land tenure system, financing and prevention of further spread of
slums.

46. • Lessons learnt :
- incremental construction (The community members find temporary
accommodation within the settlements as other parts are voluntarily
demolished to create space for construction.)
- Sites and services program were priority s given to services such as roads,
water and electricity before housing is put in place.
- Community involvement hence creating jobs for the people during construction
process.

47. Sustainability
• Creating open spaces that will accommodate the growing
population.
• Merging of plots…
• Constructing a series of roads to almost every plot to make
development elastic .
• Creating mixed use land use where people can live and stay.

48. A case for the organic grid pattern
and ITS meandering streets
• With heightened regularity of street patterns, residents are at risk of
being exposed to an increased risk of accidents and level of noise
but a decrease in neighborhood social interaction and a loss of
character in the appearance of the neighborhood
• Streets can be designed in ways that will result in slower and safer
vehicle speeds and that will enhance the quality of neighborhood life.
• Design elements that tend to slow down traffic include planted
islands, changes in grade, changes in street width, meandering
roads, cul-de-sacs, and rotaries.
• The woon erf street is more expensive to build and to maintain, but
developers and cities have found that the experience of residents is so
positive that the higher cost is worthwhile.

49. Travelling through the planning area with a local child, we found that he
remembered his way using landmarks such as people’s home, community
water points, churches, bars and the like. This gave a sense of intimacy
with the living neighborhood rather than its structure.

50. Originally the woon erf was developed for use in low-income
residential areas, but the street layout proved to be so
desirable that its use spread to neighborhoods of all types.
Many existing streets in European cities have been converted
from traditional arrangements into woon erfs. Residents
report that they find the environment very desirable because
of the park-like atmosphere, the visual character of the
neighborhood, and the availability of social opportunities
for children and adults

51. Cul-de-sac design
• The cul-de-sac was developed out of necessity but has evolved into a preferred feature
of many projects. Originally a “dead end” was seen as a necessary evil or the
result of poor design—necessary only to accommodate difficult topography or
property shapes.
• But as residential development design has evolved, planners, developers, real estate
professionals, and most importantly home buyers have recognized the desirability of
the cul-de-sac location.
• The appeal of the cul-de-sac as expressed by people that live on them is the
privacy, the absence of through traffic, and the sense of inclusivity and
neighborhood that develops among the residents.
• Along with providing the sense of a more secure environment for residents, a properly
designed cul-de-sac offers more tangible benefits as well. For example, the well-
designed cul-de-sac often requires less pavement for each housing unit than its
equivalent in street might require because it can be built using a narrower
cartway width and a landscaped island. The reduced pavement coverage has several
positive results: less impermeable surface, which results in less runoff and lower
street maintenance costs.

52. DEMOLITION

53. A pie chart showing degree of
demolition
46%
34%
20%
Degree of Demolition
Partial demolition
No demolition
Total demolition

54. Total demolition area criteria
• Temporary nature of structures
• Size of structure
• Distance from roads

55. • Obstruction of connectivity
• Importance of location of structure

56. Partial demolition area criteria
• Fragmentation of the structure
• Permanent or semi permanent nature of structure
• Varying importance of structures on a plot

57. No demolition area criteria
• Size of premises occupied
• Permanence of structure
• Size of structure
• Importance of structure to planning area and Nansana at
large

58. PLOT SIZES
• High density; standard minimum is 12x25m.
• The proposed plan has areas ranging from 16x21 – 26x28
• The people in the planning area however cannot afford plots
of the standard sizes as single individuals.
• Each of these plots is therefore subdivided into smaller
parts for 2-4 families to share. A plot therefore has parts
such as, Plot 123A, 123B and so on.
• The buildings on such plots are to be low-cost, compact
houses.

59. • Medium density; standard minimum is 20x30m
• The proposed plan has sizes ranging from 22x27 - 35X34
• This too stems from the incapability of most people in the
area to afford that size of plot.
• These will be shared also by 2-8 families.
• Unlike the high density plots though, these will have some
provision for parking and buildings can rise as high as 1
storey.
PLOT SIZES

60. • Low density; standard minimum is 25x40m
• The proposed plan has sizes ranging from 21x31 – 36x42
• These are based on buildings that are already on site and
will not be demolished so the measurements are as is on
site.
• These are occupied by single families and may be as high as
1 storey.
PLOT SIZES

61. PLOT DEMARCATION
An example of a medium density plot showing the parking provision and
division of plots using pedestrian paths

62. ROADS

63. The motor ways and sidewalks together will be
6000mm wide.

64. Stops

65. LAND USE

66. UTILITIES

68. HOUSING:
Low density
• Large plots provide adequate room
for flexible development
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• The road access to these areas is
limited and mostly of foot paths
• The housing is mostly of permanent
structure and may not easily be
cleared for change
HOUSING TYPOLOGIES and
land use

69. High density
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• The homes are oriented such that they share
courtyards which eases sharing of plots when
designing for a number of homes
• This housing is predominantly along the roads
therefore providing efficient access to the plots
• The homes are congested which brings up
issues of poor sanitation
• Some are of temporary structure

70. Intervention
Low density housing
• Low density housing for 1 family
• About 6 persons in total
• Will put up about 10% of the population
• Each unit being 200-1000sq meters
• Of detached building typology
• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a toilet
with bathroom
• Housing planning for a population of up to 5000 persons considering a growth in population

71. Medium density housing
• Medium housing for 4 families
• Houses about 24persons
• Will put up about 30% Of the population
• Semi detached building typology and of two levels
• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a
toilet with bathroom
1.

72. 2.
• Medium housing for 4 families
• Houses about 24 persons on each plot
• Will put up about 20% Of the population
• Semi detached building typology with a communal court
yard.
• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a
toilet with shower

73. High density housing
• High housing for 1 family
• Houses about 6 persons on each plot of about 22m x
11mm
• Will put up about 40% Of the population
• detached building typology
• Floor area of 45-100sq meters.
• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a
toilet with shower
Low density
10%
Medium
density
50%
high density
40%Percentage of housing densities
proposed

74. Mixed use housing
• The building is 1 level where the front is
commercial and the tenant can live in the
back
• Total floor area of 90sq meters
• Accommodates about 2 persons
• Will have a shop,1 bedroom, a kitchenate and
a toilet with shower
• It’s a 2 level building with the ground floor being
commercial and 1st floor being residential.
• Total floor area of 96sq meters
• Accommodates 2 families about 12 persons
• Will have a living room, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a
toilet with shower
1.
2.

75. COMMERCIAL:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Presence of access roads facilitates the
commerce
• Employment which provides for a income in
the homes
• Poor sanitation from waste disposal and
poor drainage
Intervention
• Setting in place an efficient and effective waste
disposal/management system
• Designing a proper drainage system for both
storm water and sewerage.

76. INDUSTRIAL:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Employment opportunities to area for the
residents
• Noise pollution as its within residential
areas
• Establishments are of temporary
structures that negatively affect the
aesthetics of the site
• Poor waste management
Intervention
• Setting in place an efficient and effective waste
disposal/management system

77. INSTITUTIONS:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Existence of a church and mosque caters for the
residents religious needs and enhances community
cohesion
• The health center 3 though off-site renders health
care to the residents to better the quality of life
• The elementary schools provide education in
proximity to the resident children
• The health center 3 is however not adequate
for the entire population being planned for
• The schools on site are also inadequate, limited
to one level of education

78. Intervention
• We proposed a health center on site to complement on the already
existing one that happens to be inadequate
• We also propose to upgrade the education facilities and their
structure to a permanent status
• Also improve on the state structure of the church
• Providing adequate road access with appropriate road signs to
ensure the safety of school children

79. CIVIC:
Strengths and Opportunities Weaknesses and Threats
• Presence of a police station increases on
the security
• Limited civic organisation to engage the
community
Intervention
• We propose a community center which will be a
gathering space for the residents
• We also propose initiation of youth group and welfare
organisations in the community

80. GARBAGE DISPOSAL
MANAGEMENT
Type of solid waste:
• Household waste
• Commercial waste
• Institutional waste
• Market waste
• Others incl. industrial waste
Strengths and Opportunities
• There is a garbage collection area at kiteezi
which is in proximity to the site
Weaknesses and Threats
• There is no function garbage disposal
system
• There is a dis regard for proper garbage
disposal which results into poor sanitation

81. Garbage collection route/system
Legend
- Primary collection points
- Secondary collection point
Considerations:
• Essentially linking the local level government
officers with the residents for mobilisation
• Enforcing an efficient collection time table
• Adequate sensitisation and training of the
community
• Possible provision of waste bags
• Subsidise the collection fees by the town council
Garbage from households, institutions, markets to
primary points to secondary point and then to
town garbage collection

82. Community spaces

84. Community spaces

85. Green belt

87. Suitability to population
• The current population of Nabweru north is 22888 people.
• The planning area constitutes approximately a ¼ of Nabweru
north. Its population can thus be estimated at about 4600
people.
• There are 16 plots designated for commercial use. Buildings
here can be built up to 1 floor. Considering building regulations
these buildings can cover an average of 600sq. m, which can
hold about 24 businesses per level.
• with each business employing about 4 people that’s (4x24x16)
people
• 1536.

88. • There are 20 plots designated for low density residential
use. Buildings here can be built up to 1 floor but since they
generally house single families, the population portion here
is 20 x 6(general family size)
• 120

89. • There are 88 plots designated for medium density
residential use. Buildings here can be built up to 1 floor.
• Each building will house a minimum of two families.
• The average plot size is 25x30. giving each family an
average of 9x9, 16 families can use a single plot; 16x4x88.
• 5632

90. • There are 54 plots designated for high density residential
use. Buildings here can be built initially only up to ground
floor.
• Each plot will house up to 4 families.
• The average plot size is 20x25. giving each family an
average of 8x8sq m, 4 families can use a single plot;
4x6x54.
• 1296

91. • There are 37 plots designated for mixed commercial and
residential use. Buildings here can be built up to 2 floors.
• The average plot size is 20x25. giving each residential unit
for rent an average of 8x8sq m, 8 families can use a single
plot; 8x6x37.
• 1776
That totals to about 10,000 people

92. Phases of plan execution
• Phase 1 would involve widening the current ring road to an even
6m width and applying tarmac to the surface. This will be the
main supply route for materials and machines to be used in
future development
• This would be followed by clearing and development of the
areas for the three activity nodes and creating the adjoining
roads. The importance of this is to bring tangible awareness of
how useful the development will be to the people of the area by
the reaping benefits like better health care, better places for
children and adults alike to have recreation activities, a better
business environment, to mention but a few

93. • Phase 2 would involve all necessary demolitions for the
creation of the cul-de-sacs and other streets.
• This would then be followed by the systematic demolition
and development of the three main sectors created. First
would be the residential sector, then the market sector and
lastly the civic sector. This way the area grows for the
inside out. A place to live, a place to work and finallya
service centre for both

94. S.w.o.t analysis of our approach
Strengths
• It maintains the character in the appearance of the neighborhood while giving it order
• It minimizes conflict with the locals over changes by endeavoring to build on the
already existing network of plots
• It reduces costs of development as it has fewer roads, one-way banking to drain roads
to only one side, fewer costs in compensations, to mention but a few
• It encourages varieties of experiences as one moves through the neighborhood
• Encourages a more even settlement pattern
• Encourages community
• It increases privacy and the sense of inclusivity and neighborhood
• Naturally surveilled streets increase security

95. Weaknesses
• The plots have irregular shapes which can be very difficult to
plan for as each one is unique
• The intimate relationship between people who settle here can
also be dangerous, encouraging crime
• It is not nearly as easy to read as a regular grid would have
been
• The winding roads can make laying of power and drainage lines
difficult

96. Opportunities
• Its soft approach to the people already inhabiting the area gives it
hope of meeting less resistance hence higher chances of
implementation
• It would highly involve the people in its execution, they know best
where whose property ends and where conflicts are bound to arise. If
executed, it would create a higher sense of belonging to their
neighborhood, like they built it with their own hands
• It will curb land fragmentation by drawing the lines beyond which land
will be divided no more
• It leaves room for the population to grow, as it is bound to
• Rain water harvesting

97. Threats
• If not carried out in detail, the plan could end up not having
any effect on the area.
ThANK you

98. Site Turn table

99. References
• The Woonerf Concept “Rethinking a Residential Street in
Somerville”
• Site planning and development hand book
• Uganda National Roads Authority Act 2006
• Chapter 350; Access to roads act