African project
Dr Frans Aupa Indongo Oshakati Open Market
The Oshakati Town Council, with professional support from Kerry
McNamara Architects (Architects and Principal Agents) and Lithon
Project Consultants (Civil, Structural, mechanical and electrical
engineers), recently completed the new Dr Frans Aupa Indongo
Oshakati Open Market in the centre of the city of Oshakati in
northern Namibia. This new open market creates a new home for the
existing ‘Omatala Market’ on the Main Street in Oshakati, Namibia.
T
he development was phased and comprises several blocks that
consist of two main functions, firstly a new formalised taxi
and bus rank for domestic, national and international public
transport departures and arrivals with car wash facilities and
the open market. The open market consists of administration,
large meeting areas, large craft spaces, seasonal market
spaces, formal fresh food markets, formal cooked food
markets, ‘kapana’ braai areas, formal retail spaces, service
spaces, cold storage rooms and public spaces for all ages. The
market caters for at least 400 informal traders.
Oshakati – known to be among the most densely populated towns in
Namibia – is reeling under pressure ex \