Ethiopia Correspondent Nahom Teklu

Introducing our Ethiopia Correspondent Nahom Teklu!

In January 2022 we launched the Global Walkability Correspondents Network, as a way to build solidarity among walkability advocates around the world and continue to create media on sustainable mobility and urbanism.

We are happy to welcome Nahom as Ethiopia Correspondent to our growing network of individuals who are passionate walkability advocates.

Urban Experiement in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

I believe, walkablity is an organic, livable, and sustainable mode of transportation and critical quality of human-friendly urban areas and cities in the world.

Nahom Teklu
Meskel Square & the LRT Colonade in Addis Abeba// Photo: Nahom Teklu

WHO

My name is Nahom. I am a young and visionary architect and urban strategist whose work is shaped by designing for humanity through working on architecture, researching urbanization, exploring urbanism, and directing curation for lighting greater positive impact on socio-spatial justice, and livelihood worth of human dignity.

Sengatera area in Addis Abeba // // Photo: Nahom Teklu

Livable cities should have efficient mobility systems to effectively accommodate and explore the daily metabolism of urban areas and cities.

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Urban Experiement in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

I have a great appetite for architectural-urban history, urbanism, environmental conservation and inclusive planning and plan to further explore findings and research with regard to these topics.

Pedestrian runner in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

I work as an Architecture journalist at Rethinking the Future, a New Delhi based architecture and urbanism online platform and as a certified life-time Juror at the INSPIRELI awards, a Prague-based international Architectural competition.

Arada in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

I have a merged community building and media initiative established back in 2017 with an aim to provide an engaging and public platform for shared urban knowledge and city archives.

I am interested in architecture, urbanism and urban mobility and I think this network is an asset to further explore and work with like-minded people.

WHERE

I am from Ethiopia and I currently live in Addis Abeba, the Ethiopian and African diplomatic capital. I represent Ethiopia as a Walkability Correspondent and the ideas of livability and mobility are interesting and alarming local issues.

Piyassa // Photo: Nahom Teklu

Transportation is becoming one of the top challenges in our daily life and the radical growth of population, specifically in many parts of Africa and Asia, plays an igniting role in positioning our livelihood vulnerable to urban access complexities.

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The lack of robust mobility mechanisms in the city aggravates the daily urban transportation problems and disappointments from the public. Livable cities should have efficient mobility systems to effectively accommodate and explore the daily metabolism of urban areas and cities.

Meskel Square in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

The level of mobility challenges and livability problems in my locality can be described as chaos resulting from continuous, un-informed decisions. Here the light rail line at the heart of the city can be a good example to elaborate on such issues.

Urban Experiement in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

WHY WALKABILITY

I believe, walkablity is an organic, livable, and sustainable mode of transportation and critical quality of human-friendly urban areas and cities in the world.

CMC Michael Area in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

Walkability has a direct and influential relationship with the United Nation’s sustainable development goals-SDGs, particularly with the two goals of building sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) and climate action (SDG 13).

Mexico Area in Addis Abeba // Photo: Nahom Teklu

Transportation is becoming one of the top challenges in our daily life and the radical growth of population, specifically in many parts of Africa and Asia, plays an igniting role in positioning our livelihood vulnerable to urban access complexities.

Indeed, using the untapped potential of the concept walkability; architects, urban planners, policy and decision-makers can work to alleviate the quality of urban life and city-making in a very habitable manner.

Sar bet area in Addis Abeba // // Photo: Nahom Teklu

I am interested in architecture, urbanism and urban mobility and I think this network is an asset to further explore and work with like-minded people.

Nahom is a young and visionary architect and urban strategist whose work is shaped by designing for humanity through working on architecture, researching urbanization, exploring urbanism, and directing curation for lighting greater positive impact on the socio-spatial justice, and livelihood worthy of human dignity.

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Learn more about the Global Walkability Correspondents Network here