• What colonial space does the entry point to?
• What does decolonizing space mean or entail for the author?

In this essay Thomas Aquilina discusses the intersection of colonial structures and organization of space with current adaptive usage of space in order to creatively think towards a decolonized future. Decolonizing space for this author includes highlighting the ways urban residents and travellers have already made vestiges of colonial space their own - for example, in the way that they have adapted the neglected railway line and its corridor. "Convertibility" is the theme here in that the need for mobility has led to the adaptation of spaces to uses that go beyond the original purpose. These adaptations need to be taken seriously in any planning for future projects in Kampala. As the author notes, "To design for Kampala is inherently an improvised task." His specific (decolonizing) proposal is to redevelop the old (colonial) railway station instead of building a new station, with a focus on "architecture as intersection," designing it to be a hybrid space that facilitates movement and local microenterprise. Another specific he proposes for decolonizing the old station is for it to be "camouflaged in advertisement signage in the same way [as] the arcades’ exterior" or "repainted with a distinct distilled colour palette from the arcades," with a focus on attracting "ordinary life" to the repurposed station. In all of this, the emphasis lies on taking Kampala seriously as the unique and vibrant city it is, rather than treating it as a "generic" space.