Award Entries: Emerging Voices
WAKANDA Theater and Conference Center
Zambia
"We are who we are," as it`s our IDENTITY. Everything is associated with a place and time. This project reflects Africa`s richness in regards to cultural and traditional values interpreted in the building`s fabric which depicts the rich, colorful free draping traditional African fabric simply stating "I am African."
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People's Choice Total Votes:
10
Hyperbolic House
Mozambique
Hyperbolic House is a Sui Generis initiative with a timeless design achieved by the combination of two hyperbols on the side facades interspersed and filled with tetris effect in a powerful synergy with other forms that make up the set.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
367
Judicial Complex, Kitwe, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia maybe one of the nation experiencing peaceful conditions but it still needs good judicial system institutions which faces many challenges as these inhibit the efficient and effective delivery of justice to its citizens. Hence, this project responds to the very problem by designing of a new ultra-modern judicial facility.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3149
Eco-Innovation Hub
Uganda
The Eco-innovation hub is providing a strategy to revitalise individual mini hubs into creative clusters. By linking individual creative units with shared spaces, the strategy will create a collaborative community.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
666
re-think makoko
nigeria
Makoko slums are ironically dubbed "the Venice of Africa",Although situated in Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria with a growing economy, the slum remains a disease-ridden and poverty-filled area.Our re-think plan is to gradually convert makoko from a slum into a self- sustaining community and tourist attraction in10years
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People's Choice Total Votes:
29723
THE CAPSULE
Nigeria
The CAPSULE is an ATM gallery for a campus bank, designed as a system made up of different functional parts which can be taken apart and assembled on a new site. This leads to high efficiency and re-usability and ultimately increases sustainability.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
383
A JOURNEY OF LIFE - Sacred architecture
Senegal
Mysticism and contemplation are some of the elements around which sacredness revolves. How can we learn from what is sacred to a given people and in return create an architecture that, through spaces and forms, invites the people to an interior research.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
33
MERKATO - COMPLEX MARKET INTERFACES
ETHIOPIA
Merkato, the largest open air market in Africa; regardless of facing massive urbanization pressures in the city of Addis Ababa, is still influenced by an informal market trend.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1688