Award Entries: Speculative
The Gifted School
Atelier Masōmī - Niger
This 6-classroom project, located in the Village of Koungou Zarma in Niger, is the result of a series of generous gifts that have made it possible for local children, who attended school in crumbling reed and adobe structures, to have a safe and dignified space for education and enrichment.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
38
Pamudzi (Malawian Village)
Millennium Arts - Malawi
Pamudzi design is the future embodiment of the Malawian Village Hut, since it uses the same design ideologies used in the traditional Malawian Architecture by incorporating innovative ideas such as; use of local materials, use of local labour, technology transfer, innovative building methods, durability and maintenance, re-usability and waste management.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
24
Embassy of Algeria
J&A Architects Ltd - South Africa
An Embassy is a diplomatic node linking the mainland to the host country.It symbolizes the traits that are inherent in the mainland and reflect an understanding of local customs and public behavior patterns.Externally the building blends with local architecture with subtle references to Algeria.Internally, the taste of motherland is depicted.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
22
Floating Zebra
Cave Ltd - Kenya
The Floating Zebra, coined by Cave is the beginning of a broader project to improve public space in Dandoraphase 2 and beyond. The plans include the improvement of a vast neglected power riparian leave way to create a public park that links abandoned industrial sheds to the south, with the infamous Dandora dump site to the north; one of the largest in Africa, synonymous with crime and drug cartels that the community wants to transform.The idea itself was spawned by two boys in the community who drew a pergola like gateway over Justen street, which Cave interpreted as a floating zebra crossing that casts a moving shadow of stripes on the street. It is astructure that is part public art, part reconstructed street safety utility, signaling the community’s drive to determine what public space means to them.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
292
Nigeria Elevation Tower
FMAJ Associates - Nigeria
The NIGERIA ELEVATION TOWER is a building with a striking helical shape, turning 180 degrees over the course of its height. Each floor is identical in plan, but is set 2.4 degrees clockwise from the floor below, giving the tower a distinctive form by way of an innovative, efficient, repeatable structure.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
26
The Anthropocene Museum
Cave Ltd - Kenya
As part of our ongoing research into Caves, we have published a short film that charts a survey of the Mbai Caves network, in Paradise Lost, Nairobi, Kenya.Through a simple survey of an innocuous cave in Africa, we discuss architecture from a geological, political and cultural standpoint. Our"wild" proposition is to begin curating from here the vast network of evidence or in fact artifact sites of humanity's impact on this planet. Cultural events in the arts would be integrated to bring greater awareness to the age we live in.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
38
North Ridge Apartments
Dahlia Nduom Design - Ghana
This project located in Accra, Ghana draws on local traditional architectural inspiration in terms of function and aesthetics in the design of an apartment building, a typology recently new to the city.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2007
Scenarium
Makeka Design Lab - South Africa
The Scenarium in essence embodies growth, passively residing as a venue that catalyses imagination while actively nourishing the constantly developing culture. As we look to the past in appreciation, our gaze to the future is fueled with exuberant imagination.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
6
Nigeria Embassy Presidential Guest House
Sileshi Consult Consulting Architects & Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Co. - Ethiopia
Borrowing from vernacular architectural forms and artifacts of Nigeria, the guest house is conceived as monolithic seemingly sculptural object. Material and colors are selected to amplify its cultural expression.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
38