African architecture beyond media final

African Arch. Beyond Media

AFRICAN ARCH. BEYOND MEDIA Freddy Manengo

MADISON COLLEGE ARCH TECH1701 Wright Street | Madison, Wisconsin 53704FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT: FREDDY MANENGO - [email protected]

African Architecture Beyond Media

Often seen as a vast jungle with bushes and dangerous animals all over, Africa is depicted as a undevelopped and dangerous continent with limited culture, limited intelligence and no nice architecture for people to experience. This projects objective is to celebrate what the media fails to realize, which is a greatly developed and diverse African Architectural aesthetic.

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EKO ATLANTIC

Eko Atlantic City or EAC, is being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. When completed, the new island is planned to have 250,000 residents and 150,000 commuters per day. The EAC is also being built to to stop the erosion of the Lagos coastline.

ARCHITECT: SOUTH ENERGYX NIDERIA LTD, CHAGOURY GROUP

LOCATION: VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA

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African Arch. Beyond Media 05KONZA CITY

In 2008, the Government of Kenya approved the creation of Konza Technology City as a flagship Kenya Vision 2030 project.Konza will be a smart city, with an integrated urban information and communication technology (ICT) network that supports delivery of connected urban services and allows for efficient management of those services on a large scale.

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ARCHITECT: SHOP ARCHITECTS

LOCATION: KONZA, KENYA


CITY OF FLEUVE

La Cit du Fleuve began as a dream in early 2008. After geotechnical, hydrological and marketing reports by reputable experts confirmed the projects viability, engineers and architects designed the islands while shareholders solicited support from all the major stakeholders. In June 2009 the long awaited reclamation and construction work began. Today, land is being reclaimed in preparation for a showhouse, which will be built while land for the rest of Phase 1 is being reclaimed.

ARCHITECT: HAWKWOOD PROPERTIES, MUKWA INVESTEMENT

LOCATION: KINSHASA, DRCONGO

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SIMPLICITY EASE OF CONSTRUCTION EASE OF MAINTENANCE ECONOMY

Jack Travis: Notes on Black Architectural Aesthetic - Article Summary Jack Travis thought about all the values of African (black culture). By observing black culture he found out what made it unique and stated the following traits as unique to African Architecture: A special and particular appreciation and place in community for elders Extended family ties dominant Strong call and response connectivity between superior and subordinate Resiliency and resourcefulness with less, making it seem like more and sustainable by ritual Preoccupations with ritual, ceremony and celebration Great use of energetic motions, extravagant costuming in dance Preference towards a markedly louder audio pitch level Strong indoor / outdoor relationship Small scale and close proximity orientation Tendency to be earth over man nurturing, as opposed to man over nature oriented Intense use of color, pattern and texture Penchant for commodity and a solid understanding of art as utility first and foremost

He then made ten principles that allowed him to implement African culture into his architecture which are Economy, Simplicity, Ease of Construction, Ease of Maintenance, Spirituality, Heritage, Duality or Irony of the Condition, Earth Centered/Earth Nurturing, Strong Indoor/Outdoor Relationship and Intense Use of Color, Pattern & Texture.

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EARTH CENTERED/EARTH NURTURING.

STRONG INDOOR/OUTDOOR RELATIONSHIP

INTENSE USE OF COLOR, PATTERN & TEXTURE

SPIRIRTUALITY HERITAGE DUALITY OR IRONY OF THE CONIDTION

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DAVID ADJAYE

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ARCHITECT: DAVID ADJAYEBORN: TANZANIAFIRM NAME: ADJAYE ASSOC.LOCATION: LONDON

MAJOR PROJECTS :-Whitechapel-Sugar Hill Developement-Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation Headquarters

David Adjaye is well known for his buildings across the northen hemisphere, he is using his considerable sway in the media to drive interest in African architecture. Recentely completing an extremely thorough research project across the whole of Africa, his buildings are marked by a smart combination of Western and African influences.

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FRANCIS KERE

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ARCHITECT: FRANCIS KEREBORN: BURKINA FASOFIRM NAME: KERE ARCH.LOCATION: GERMANY

MAJOR PROJECTS :-School Library Gando-National Park of Mali-Centre de Sante de Promotion Sociale

Francis Kere was offered a scholarship by a German charity for carpentry, he used this opportunity to train in architecture instead, before returning to his home village of Gando where his combination of western training and local knowledge has produced a series of innovative buildings that have dramatically improved conditions.

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KUNLE ADEYEMI

Related Links:firm website Presentationwater & the city project

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ARCHITECT: KUNLE ADEYEMIBORN: NIGERIAFIRM NAME: NLELOCATION: THE NE

MAJOR PROJECTS :Makolo Floating SchoolChicoco Radion StationTHe Lush Mabushi Residential Dev.

Challeging the perception that to modernize is to westernize, Adeyemis innovative contributions to architecture on both the academic and built level are based on the assumption that problems can be solved using methods developed by those facing the problem; something he deployed with aplomb with his series of floating buildings.

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M. MOROJELE

Related Links:Firm websiteDesign Studion

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ARCHITECT: MPHETHI MOROJELEBORN: LESOTHOFIRM NAME: MMALOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA

MAJOR PROJECTS :10x10 housesthe South African Embassy,berlin.Pretoria Freedom Park

Building the first South african embassies since the end of the apartheid rule, Morojele is key in articulating an architectural vision of post-apartheid South Africa. his work in incorporating South African culture into an international context has been highly successful, as have his dignified reconstruction projects.

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M. MAKEKA

Related Links:Firm websiteExpositionDemocracy & design

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ARCHITECT: MOKENA MAKEKABORN: SOUTH AFRICAFIRM NAME: MAKEKA DESIGN LABLOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA

MAJOR PROJECTS :Cap Town StationThusong Services centerGreenpoint Stadium

Part of a new generation of South African aechitects, Makekas career has been built on a dealing with the legacy of apartheid on a personal and professional level. Designing for those left behind by both the old and new South Africa. Makekas designs encourage participation from all.

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