This home in Dakar 🇸🇳 was built with raw earth bricks and no AC.
Its circular form is inspired by traditional Senegalese homes, with a courtyard and trees at the centre.
The house is oriented north-south to capture natural light and prevailing winds.
Small openings in the roof allow hot air to escape.
The building is raised by 450mm to reduce the risk of flooding.
The walls are made from locally produced earth bricks, pressed by hand and sealed for durability.
The floors use a traditional broken tile technique, finished with linseed oil for protection and brightness.
Glass walls are triple-glazed to insulate the interiors from heat.
They open fully for airflow and close when protection is needed.
From the windows to the gutters and furniture, everything was made locally.
Nothing was imported.
This is what happens when design respects where it is built.
Local materials are not backward.
They work.
📍 Dakar, Senegal
Architect: Cyrus Ardalan
Photography: Alice Mesguich
@DonaBeey Genre un astrophysien spécialiste en mécanique quantique ? Ou alors un expert financier qui fait dans la spéculation d’événement sportif?🤣🤣🤣🤣
You loaned your friend 4,000,000.00XAF last year and since then, he has refused to pay back, which has deteriorated the friendship.
You beg him to just pay you 2,000,000.00XAF and forget the rest because you are in a financial crisis.
Your friend then says he can only get you 1,500,000.00XAF since that's all he has.
You feel like you have no option but to accept.
You eventually give him your account details to send the amount directly to your bank.
You wake up the next morning, checked your account and there is 15,000,000.00XAF in it.
You kept staring at the screen in disbelief but it is indeed 15MXAF.
You grab your phone and find 53 missed calls from him and an additional 27 text messages begging you to transfer back 13,500,000.00XAF since he only meant to send 1,500,000.00XAF and mistakenly added an extra "0."
As a well-brought-up person, what are you supposed to do:
1Send back 13,500,000.00XAF
2Take your full 4,000,000.00XAF
3Keep the entire 15,000,000.00XAF
4Switch off your phone and relocate
What will you do ??
kindly share Ur opinion.