The Vulcanizer Shop: Materiality, Precarity, and Informal Repair Infrastructures
This peer-reviewed article explores the architecture and material systems of tire repair shops across Ghana. It examines how informal labor networks create vernacular repair infrastructures that combine improvisation, material knowledge, and spatial logic. The paper positions these spaces as sites of design intelligence and sustainability practices often overlooked in formal architectural and design discourse.
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