Afritekture - The African Architecture Lab

At Afriktekture, we are passionate about celebrating the rich and diverse architectural heritage of Africa.

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🏫 : AU Dormitory
📍 : Nansana (Uganda)
👷🏿 : TERRAIN architects

A dormitory was built as a residential school for 50students from sub-Saharan Africa to prepare them for entering universities abroad.

The building is designed to respond, simply, to the climate, with tall walls positioned East-West to maximize shade, and large openings facing South and North - that bring wind and light deep into the rooms. It comprised of classrooms, both male and female dormitories, staff quarters, a canteen, kitchen and also office for staff.

#African #Architecture #Uganda

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🏫 : The Colonnade House
📍 : Tipasa (Algeria)
👷🏿 : Atelier Messaoudi Architects

The “colonnade house” was designed for a son wishing to offer an adapted living space to his parents previously living on the first floor of the family house, from which access to the garden was difficult for them.

This “colonnade house” aims at spatial fluidity, while proposing protected interior spaces and exterior areas that can be used all year long.

#Architecture #African #Algeria

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🏫 : Orange Village
📍 : Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
👷🏿 : Koffi & Diabaté

hrough an architectural approach anchored in sustainability, the architects chose to design an imposing building with futuristic style on 7 levels in the form of rings of 68 diameter meters. With a double skin holding both thermal and aesthetic functions, the new Orange Côte d'Ivoire headquarters is innovative in its shape, suggestive of a golf ball, a subtle reminder of Abidjan's renowned Riviera golf course.

#African #Architecture #Abidjan

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🏫 : LAP Marina Residence
📍 : Cotonou (Benin)

The challenge of LAP residential complex is to demonstrate to the world that also here it is possible to bland and take away the best from the synthesis between invention and tradition, luxury and ecology, globalization and local culture, enjoy life style and respect for human dignity.

#African #Architecture #Cotonou #Benin

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🏫 : Library of Muyinga
📍: Muyginga (Burundi 🇧🇮)

The first library of Muyinga, part of a future inclusive school for deaf children, in locally sourced compressed earth blocks, built with a participatory approach.

A thorough study of vernacular architectural practices in Burundi was the basis of the design of the building.

#AfricanArchitecture #Africa #Architecture #Muyinga #Burundi

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🏫 : Girl Move Academy
📍: Nampulo (Mozambique)

The building has the aim to be a symbol of women's leadership and reference to the world, and a center for knowledge creation, where disruptive ideas and visions can be embraced and discussed openly.

The architects had the challenge to transfer that vision into a real building.

#AfricanArchitecture #Africa #Architecture #Mozambique

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🏫 : Lycée Français Théodore Monod
📍 : Nouakchott (Mauritania)

In harmony with the existing buildings, the project has been developed by working on the creation of voids and circulation in relationship with the project’s environment, built and natural.

The orientation and the typology of the buildings are designed according to the sun path and the prevailing wind direction.

#African #Architecture #Nouakchott #Mauritania

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🏫 : Masoro Learning & Sports Center
📍: Masoro (Rwanda)

The Learning and Sports Center is located among the rolling hills of Rwanda near the rural village of Masoro.

The Center provides a library, classrooms, technology education rooms, indoor and outdoor exercise spaces, community teaching gardens, outdoor theaters, a basketball court, and a community soccer field, all of which are accessible to community members free of charge.

The project is a collection of interior and exterior spaces that provide a safe and secure environment for learning, play, and wellness.

#AfricanArchitecture #Africa #Rwanda

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🏫 : Langbos Children’s Centre
📍 : South Africa
👷🏿 : Jason Erlank Architects

This building was designed to provide a multi-functional space for community-driven initiatives in Langbos.

In constructing the Langbos Children’s Centre, the architects utilized a labour intensive, environmentally conscious, resource-efficient building method called Superadobe as a way to involve the local Langbos community and make the best use of the limited material resources on site.

#African #Architecture

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🏫 : The Mwabwindo School
📍 : Zambia
👷🏿 : Selldorf Architects

The building’s design is inspired by the tall, singular trees on the surrounding savanna that serve as gathering spaces shaded from the sun of the Central African Plateau. A large, corrugated metal roof canopy covers a village of compressed earth brick classrooms arranged around courtyards and an internal street.

#African #Architecture #Zambia

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@illustrarch Beautiful project !

Where is it located ?

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@viewsoff_ Amazing.

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@HOUSEPORN___ Classic !

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🏫 : Collège Amadou Hampâté Bâ
📍 : Niamey (Niger)

The design prioritizes the use of local materials (laterite stone), adapting vernacular techniques to respond to the challenging climatic conditions and create beautiful, comfortable spaces conducive to learning.
#Architecture

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🏫 : Villa Aram
📍 : Ngaparou (Senegal)

In Ngaparou, south of Dakar, Villa Aram is an inspired artisanal construction. This bioclimatic creation, both humble and contemporary, combines traditional techniques and materials inherited from 20th century minimalism.

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@MAUIngagiH Good job !

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🏫 : French School
📍 : Lomé (Togo)

Pavilion architecture that smoothly fits its surrounding vegetation. No physical barrier thus allowing the view to embrace the entire site. The volumes are made of compressed earth block (CEB).

#AfricanArchitecture #Africa #Architecture

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🏫 : High School Jean Mermoz
📍 : Dakar (Senegal)
👷🏿 : Terreneuve Architectes

This simple, clean school building was built with local construction knowledge, and its terra-cotta color is derived from its surroundings.

#AfricanArchitecture #Architecture

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