Award Entries
Eco-Catalyseur Urbain a Charges Maitrisees : Un espace de détente et de loisirs à Kouvé
Ecole Africaine des Métiers de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme - Togo
Notre projet vise la valorisation de Kouvé par la création d’un bassin, autour et sur lequel s’organisent les activités ludiques et de détentes. Il s’inscrit dans une approche d’attraction touristique et de développement socio-économique et culturel, un projet respectueux de l’environnement (utilisation des matériaux locaux…) et à charges maitrisées.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
29559
Wakaliwood Filming Village
Makerere University - Uganda
Wakaliwood, a local filming studio that thrives on improvised material and content. The project sought to celebrate this through use of improvised material and design techniques while responding to the brief. The site is composed of five different blocks for filming and the site as the final scene
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People's Choice Total Votes:
5
House Wisse, Monaghan Farm
Robert Serman Architects - South Africa
House Wisse or, ‘Sonvanger’ as its inhabitants affectionately call it, stands as a home where one can leave their troubles at the door and where one is invited to connect with nature through observing the subtle shifts in its daily and seasonal rhythms.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
22
Lessons of Informality : Book and Movie Series
Felix Heisel and Bisrat Kifle-Ethiopia
We initiated the documentary _Spaces to record aspects of informality, following a strong belief that the informal sector offers important lessons about architecture and its social role. Public discussion of the series and its topic led to this book, providing expert opinions on potentials of informality for formal city planning.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1682
Science City Competition
BE Architect - Egypt
Future can’t be predetermined, thus the building can’t be predetermined it only suggest the general framework for possibilities, flexible adoptable spaces connected by variety of routings in a scenographic settings takes people through a journey to the upcoming. And as Knowledge is the basis for existence, atop of the project plinth rise humanity “the existence” as known in its active daily pattern.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
17
Flexible Family House
BE architect - Egypt
A house for a father and 2 sons, The brief argued for a flexible house with clear ownership division among the brothers with the possibility of ownership changes, in addition, the spaces should be flexible enough to accommodate future user changes.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
14
Moruleng Cultural Precinct
Office 24/7 Architecture - South Africa
The Moruleng Cultural Precinct forces a rethink of the notion of the rural cultural museum. The layering of new and heritage architectural structures and landscape are an integral part of the exhibition and narrative experience.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
5
Southern African Customs Union Headquarters Building
Barnard Mutua Architects - Namibia
A minimalist and clean line design approach was followed to create a headquarters building for the South African Customs Union that showcases and represents all member states (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland). The building is intended to become a symbol of unity of the member states of SACU.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
141
Nujoma Square
Barnard Mutua Architects - Namibia
The building as a village. A contemporary mixed use building in an established residential neighbourhood on the fringe of the Windhoek CBD. A series of solid and voids are arranged along a street that leads via a generous public scaled staircase up from Luther street.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
275