tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117275062024-03-16T23:53:15.689-07:00African Architecture and DesignA Hub for African Architecture, Design and Eco-friendly Development projects.Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-45540713234560510862015-01-26T12:11:00.000-08:002015-01-26T12:11:07.638-08:00Malawian Vernacular Architecture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Jon Twingi has created a detailed repository of <a href="http://www.malawiarchitecture.com/">Malawian vernacular Architecture</a> and has published them on his Website. His highly detailed work which includes, technical information about local building materials, videos, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/41180816@N05/sets/">photos</a> and an Iphone app will help preserve Malawian and African Vernacular Architecture<br />
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Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-88244498750859816102014-09-15T12:49:00.002-07:002014-09-15T12:56:08.502-07:00Water Tower Architecture in Darfur, Sudan by H3AR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Inspired by the shape of the African Baobab tree, Polish Architectural Design <b><a href="http://www.h3ar.pl/">H3AR</a></b> firm has come up with this interesting Water Tower Design for South Sudan. According to them "...it<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">was the inspiration of the water tower skyscraper which are also comprises a treatment plant, hospital, school and a food storage center to trigger economical development while bridging the cultural differences of the three different religions and languages in the turbulent African nation..."</span></span><br />
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Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-29166428044899914582013-04-03T20:16:00.002-07:002013-04-03T20:17:26.028-07:00Bumbogo Rwanda - Toponymic Urbanisim<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Indeed, with rapid urbanisation the need for innovative ideas rooted in Rwandan culture, traditions and context provides opportunity for practical and locally appropriate solutions in the quest for infrastructure development. Particularly in such a critical moment as this, with the rise in new developments and neighbourhoods in cities such as Kigali that are built with little to no consideration of Rwandan context, George Pericles has raised the critique that these solutions fail to meet the local populace’s everyday needs but will also give rise to more problems in the future. Rather than applying a tabula rasa, they are looking to blend culture and advanced technologies to create a progressive urban fabric importing rural cultural values where applicable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In their latest project <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bumbogo Rwanda : Toponymic Urbanism</em> design office George Pericles have taken up this challenge. They propose an innovative if not ambitious project designed to produce an adaptable future matrix that responds to both economic and cultural factors beginning with Kigali.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bumbogo decries the superimposition of a master plan or vision from elsewhere, a cardinal tenet. As such the urban matrix uses building blocks that blend regional culture with advanced technologies to produce a vision for an up-to-date urban fabric. To this end, the “<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Umurenge</em>” or smallest administrative subdivision in Rwandan governance plays an integral role to provide basic services such as water, education, health care and markets. From there George Pericles envision a notion they term ‘<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fair-Urbanism</em>.’ Essentially a joint public and private cooperative structure employed to built urban infrastructure such as roads, water and waste collection systems. In the case of Addis Ababa, such local initiatives have been in operation where residents of a given neighbourhood would cooperate to pave local ‘secondary’ roads. With ideas such as this, Guilliame Sardin, lead designer behind the project affirms his point stating that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Images and Drawings are Courtesy of </span><em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles">George Pericles</a></em><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-51534512540434222392013-04-03T19:58:00.000-07:002013-04-03T19:59:39.304-07:00The New Rugo - A Traditional Burundi and Rwandan House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">According to the <a href="http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/New-Rugo">george pericle's</a> website "....The Rugo is the traditional Burundi & Rwandan house. New Rugo is a low-cost housing project located in Burundi. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The project questions the relations between domestic spaces and culture. We establish a link between the values of pre-colonial (community, adaptability) and modern typology. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">We believe that planning has to respond to current needs, but also to be relevant for a wealthier and more developed Africa. That’s why affordable housing for the poorest has to be able to evolve as comfort standards evolve</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">By merging the two typologies, the two structures, we designed a new one, the new rugo. The new rugo is evolutive, allowing changes as Burundi & Rwandan societies evolved.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">The New Rugo is a typology easily replicable, environmentally aware. With low cost technologies and cultural appropriateness, we developed a system empowering fragile communities in Burundi </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gaoui is a craft village located 10km north-east of N'Djamena the capital city of Chad folklore says that the village was once the capital of the Sao civilisation - a race of giants.</span><br />
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Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-54923734087995894422012-11-24T08:10:00.000-08:002012-11-24T08:10:02.903-08:00Gambia University<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Makoko, where shacks stand above the murky, fetid water on stilts of cast-aside lumber, is visible to motorists plying the city’s Third Mainland Bridge each day on the way to the Lagos’ commercial hub – Victoria Island.</div>
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The proposition is part of NLÉ’s plan to develop an improved type of architecture and urbanism for water settlements in African coastal cities, starting with the building a prototype of a <a href="http://www.nleworks.com/case/makoko-floating-school/">Floating School in Makoko</a>.</div>
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The school is expected to serve the urgent needs of educating children in the community. The prototype floating building will be modular, flexible and adaptable for other building typologies: homes, community centres, playgrounds – to gradually cultivate an improved quality of architecture, urbanism and living on water.</div>
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A ‘floating’ building simultaneously addresses different issues including flooding, land occupation, and foundation construction. The energy supply is based on renewable energy technology while the currently inexisting sewage system would rely on compost toilets.</div>
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If successful, the project could be transformed into homes for more than 100,000 people who live in the slum.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></span></div>Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-66247679437350462462012-07-23T22:55:00.002-07:002012-07-23T22:56:32.135-07:00Green Village Residential Villa Development Bali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"...Best know for creating the architecturally award winning bamboo buildings at <a href="http://www.greenschool.org/">Green School</a>, our current project, <a href="http://greenvillagebali.com/">Green Village</a>, is an innovative residential villa development located within walking distance to the river valley campus. We are a full service design company that creates one of a kind designs for both residential and commercial spaces as well as artisan crafted bamboo furnishings inspired by a timeless Scandinavian design sensibility. Ibuku’s custom furnishings have captured the imagination and heart of some of the world’s leading designers, entrepreneurs and politicians..."<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">According to <a arial,="" helvetica,="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%C2%A0%3C/font%3E%3Cfont%20face=" sans-serif"="" size="2"></a><a href="http://blueprintafrica.com/2012/residences-camillia/">BluePrint Africa</a></span> <a href="http://www.lesresidencescamellia.com/site/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">Residence Camillia </a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gated_community" rel="wikipedia" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank" title="Gated community">gated community</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> project in </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=5.31666666667,-4.03333333333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=5.31666666667,-4.03333333333%20%28Abidjan%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank" title="Abidjan">Abidjan ,Cote d’ivoire</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. The community of 63 units will be in the residential neigborhood of </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=5.35,-3.98333333333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=5.35,-3.98333333333%20%28Cocody%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank" title="Cocody">Cocody</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. Built not far from the Lagoon,residents of this community will be able to enjoy a more nature oriented experience of city living,far away from noise,air pollution and busy commercial activities.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.anotherafrica.net/design/japan-x-ethiopia-an-unexpected-architectural-union">Another Africa</a> writes about a project that was recycling architecture between Ethiopia and Japan, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRu8cRYfkzUCmqWtRX3oDE64i3fZc_BKDPbnhr80j7-XfZr5o6Q9KxMK-CfrLWWaFzq6M_sybDAmrR9qBwSuKuUY_U1WFROBd2qP-4beT7vo3jjAjJYsaYjdExK0lzdQFnpZ9j/s1600/Gondar_new3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRu8cRYfkzUCmqWtRX3oDE64i3fZc_BKDPbnhr80j7-XfZr5o6Q9KxMK-CfrLWWaFzq6M_sybDAmrR9qBwSuKuUY_U1WFROBd2qP-4beT7vo3jjAjJYsaYjdExK0lzdQFnpZ9j/s320/Gondar_new3.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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"...Having lived in Japan for more than ten years as well as being born in Ethiopia, makes for an exotic and rare profile. In all my wanderings, I have hardly met any Ethiopians or Eritreans, Habesha people, in Japan. So, when I read about a project that was recycling architecture between Ethiopia and Japan, to say that my curiosity was peaked would be down playing it. The project combines several interests of mine, Japanese traditional architecture, sustainable and environmentally conscientious design and Africa.
The Millennium Pavilion relocation project began in 2007 to celebrate the Ethiopian millennium1 as way to build a bridge between the two countries. It is located in Gondar a historically rich and significant city in Ethiopia, the imperial capital during the 16th & 17th century..."<br />
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Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.anotherafrica.net/">Another Africa</a></div>Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-6995480064507550862012-06-05T14:32:00.000-07:002012-06-06T09:22:06.986-07:00TwentyEleven project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The TwentyEleven project by Architects <a href="http://www.chrisidema.nl">Chris Idema</a> and <a href ="http://www.reiniersimons.nl">Reinier</a> Simons is an attempt create a multifunctional Fab Workshop as well as dwellings for the inhabitants of the slums of Kibera.
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"...Together with 236 inhabitants (including 52 families, 15 small companies and three workshops (two specialized in wood, one of which will become a concrete workshop and one metal), of the slums in Nairobi, we will develop a new building plan for the future inhabitants of the TwentyEleven complex..."<br />
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"...We tried to maintain the balance between an organized structure and, respect and freedom in our design. It is of great importance that the historical culture of the slum-dweller is retained in the upbringing of the new members of a community.<br />
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They need to be taught how to behave and what the norms, values and rules are when living in a slum and being a part of the community. This is what makes the community livable in for all its inhabitants.<br />
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Why should we westerners disrupt this culture? Our goal, in a country that is not our own and a culture that does not belong to us, is one of ‘letting go’. Give the Kenyans a new vision, a new idea and a system to build with, but give them a chance to have their say and let them do the building. The bond between an inhabitant and his home is one of great importance, an intensive cooperation process will help with this..."
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"...We looked at how the people live in the situation they are in, what their social activities are and what is needed to survive in a slum like Kibera. These and other elements are set in a well-developed plan, which looks at the current way of life and interaction in a slum and improves the two. A newly gained freedom in combination with all the necessities like hygiene, clean water, a controlled cooking environment and better living conditions in general ensure that 236 scorned slum-dwellers rise in status and that with less worries about their housing situation, they will have more time and energy to develop themselves, their children and their environment...."<br />
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"...The order that arises in the uncontrolled chaos of a slum is beautiful. A kind of harmony, an oasis is created that works as a source of inspiration for those living in it, encouraging them to work towards a better way of life..."
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</div>Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-17492804818838404672011-12-21T02:21:00.000-08:002011-12-21T02:34:38.517-08:00Earthquake proof Earthen School Pakistan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRqhYfkxNOaCISbgO6CSm4dZyRUoa_gaMVxAlKVhnWH6SsE7AlksLzfKnijaKo05Ki0mkIa7Hq1H3TkXDOHCoNTudEX9X7p2IhEgcrDEi5fy27aux2kXY9Y99t1tj2dwR_EBn/s1600/ps00.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRqhYfkxNOaCISbgO6CSm4dZyRUoa_gaMVxAlKVhnWH6SsE7AlksLzfKnijaKo05Ki0mkIa7Hq1H3TkXDOHCoNTudEX9X7p2IhEgcrDEi5fy27aux2kXY9Y99t1tj2dwR_EBn/s320/ps00.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688527724776400082" /></a><br /><a href ="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/17910/ziegert-roswag-seiler-architekten-ingenieure-earthen-school-in-pakistan.html">Design Boom</a> writes about "...tipu sultan merkez' earthen school in jar maulwi, pakistan by berlin-based architectural and engineering practice ziegert roswag seiler architekten ingenieure has received this year's holcim award for sustainable construction within the asia-pacific region. <br /><br />The first level of of the two-story building is constructed with cob walls comprised of locally sourced clay, sand, straw, water and earth. resting upon brick foundations,the interior spaces are protected from moisture penetrating from the ground or rainwater. <br /><br />The upper floor is a bamboo framework filled with an earthen mixture. the combined result of the structure absorbs humidity and the mass of the thick 60 centimeter bearing walls <br />reduces the temperature of interior spaces by 8 degrees celsius during the 40 degree summer heat. <br /><br />Local residents were able to build their new community facility by implementing appropriate construction technologies and skills which were already present within the village.Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-65816030486276104892011-12-21T02:01:00.000-08:002011-12-21T02:19:52.738-08:00Accra Twin Towers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4g1rIyzcXOcd7CHwd9SQolI5uVZoxs1ktDAKpM0fePd3xkRVkptmB3WQzGXdQy6YFkaAJRUJxf-HOk_piz8cTJOz6KPtwCLND1KfoH0iJqSvTSdhxk8UzRMR2HFO_D7SpMLJ/s1600/att03.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4g1rIyzcXOcd7CHwd9SQolI5uVZoxs1ktDAKpM0fePd3xkRVkptmB3WQzGXdQy6YFkaAJRUJxf-HOk_piz8cTJOz6KPtwCLND1KfoH0iJqSvTSdhxk8UzRMR2HFO_D7SpMLJ/s320/att03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688524232115915282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-RT3rug-qyHPOwNPZaaiEqcT6qYcm08bXhuFL8D1UUQaAY3DKBmrcdQ7xoJyhOGvY7wQCaQEqb1uwXeOBF6fz6Wh71Ak-FBJYKIRlcPwXDWUBVcBFdD7rWsSh5-BMtSTwdxO/s1600/att02.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-RT3rug-qyHPOwNPZaaiEqcT6qYcm08bXhuFL8D1UUQaAY3DKBmrcdQ7xoJyhOGvY7wQCaQEqb1uwXeOBF6fz6Wh71Ak-FBJYKIRlcPwXDWUBVcBFdD7rWsSh5-BMtSTwdxO/s320/att02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688524222015273538" /></a><br /><a href ="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/17871/fvarquitectos-accra-twin-towers.html">Design Boom</a> writes about "...lisbon-based practice frederico valsassina arquitectos has designed the 'accra twin towers' to be positioned along liberia road in urban context of accra, ghana. overlooking the gulf of guinea, the pair of structures contrasts the encompassing development <br />of dense suburban scale buildings, becoming a visible landmark. <br /><br />Placed upon a limited plot size, the program is divided into residential and office levels within the 40 floors. reaching 160 meters in height, the external form is generated by taking away cubic masses from an interior corner, gradually opening a void between them. within the widest point of the gap and elevated <br />above ground level, an outdoor terrace and swimming pool is connected to the base's recreational floors.<br /><br />An extension of the existing street life, three floors of shopping welcome visitors into the program. a range of dwelling sizes <br />may be created with a modular arrangement to provide flexibility of market trends during construction without interfering with the exterior's aesthetic composition. the steel mesh protects the dominant glass curtain walls from direct and harsh sunlight, reflecting and filtering intense radiation.Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-22735199613641121272011-11-26T19:35:00.000-08:002011-11-26T19:52:48.351-08:00INCHSCAPE.Ki<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9E-ImOu4DfUuN-1RJjJOfcr2RaAaz661RPv9DDk7mCCWbiyTdfB2D6i3pR9p6WbKYDuNo6daW8-aM0TWFpPkwnCGxVvgd8Td3kbK84CvH-UHqlvYkvVGzb3lnjPbBUAedPPX/s1600/vmp4.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9E-ImOu4DfUuN-1RJjJOfcr2RaAaz661RPv9DDk7mCCWbiyTdfB2D6i3pR9p6WbKYDuNo6daW8-aM0TWFpPkwnCGxVvgd8Td3kbK84CvH-UHqlvYkvVGzb3lnjPbBUAedPPX/s320/vmp4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679518188188015490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVQC3ys01p-BQlsQSuI1-9uTscAG2Isvl1K5GPKOPlCdMlgegTM1z5XvmjVy12aQ0MsDdo3vL8kEr6_kTLRhppd_lLSOucIMlNMS0_9iMqH-3ISpIY_DAT8KYd5nXOt8u8t7K/s1600/M+HOUSE1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVQC3ys01p-BQlsQSuI1-9uTscAG2Isvl1K5GPKOPlCdMlgegTM1z5XvmjVy12aQ0MsDdo3vL8kEr6_kTLRhppd_lLSOucIMlNMS0_9iMqH-3ISpIY_DAT8KYd5nXOt8u8t7K/s320/M+HOUSE1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679518184616385458" /></a><br />Their website says..."<a href ="http://www.inchscapeki.com/home.html">INCHSCAPE.Ki</a> is a multi-disciplinary architectural practice with an approach of putting careful consideration into architecural briefs.<br /><br />Inchscape was established in 1983 as a full service firm,embracing true imagination and creative expertise that satisfy the client and the professional community.<br /><br />Photos courtesy of "<a href ="http://www.inchscapeki.com/home.html">INCHSCAPE.Ki</a>Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-81756668626443635722011-10-31T16:27:00.000-07:002011-10-31T16:47:23.850-07:00Anam City<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMlOaxelIoBuE_GxSyzfxOi0-SJtMDk1xC3z_AjkLhyphenhyphenZP-sOS6mRriYEI7yi7kPjSeTgMVSl0mSELsoIHEFXeT8yKOkipg4Gsl_vCQIOJz0xT1l57Vq68TCww1qbcgGKP5k2v/s1600/first1.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-r8d9sMeo7ILq3PxKkufhkYju_Z2sBERSi9IsZEqFJqu9aZ1InGhL8ZyVoRsgm4Vjl9y5hJR1JHmlF1GEqdE0WKSMesfnIf0-kvuSCszGxNLwwmQ5yrGTcubwPao26ECxqIJI/s320/master-plan-poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669806670066103698" /></a><br />According to their <a href=http://anamcity.com">website</a> and <a href=http://anamcity.wordpress.com/">blog</a> "...ANAM city is a dynamic model for sustainable development that balances ecology with economic growth, delivers world-class quality of life across generations and leverages technology within the African culture of collective progress.<br /><br />ANAM is simultaneously a model city and a new model for sustainable development in Africa. It is a project that fundamentally reorganizes society in order to bring about real and lasting change. It is an alternative paradigm — variably referred to as agropolitan or rurban in development planning circles — that combines the benefits of modern urban living with those of rural communities and traditional productive landscapes. It is at its core an initiative to generate local economic opportunity, but it is equally a strategy for using technology — within an integrated logics framework for conceptualizing the African city — to improve people’s lives..."Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-19822058229429475172011-10-26T23:51:00.000-07:002011-10-27T00:24:22.361-07:00African Frescoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY5rKyrgJTTc-eFoKJAkcovgQIqGgBzoYN2r4aPr-tJTjoTYd7Iq4fsbRJCO4YlvLeLyTeD74_2skGYOpSpujnAj3yf4SDD7OPSGetjDHiHWzM0Jxm2ITUx_2RQ3abB7FazUt/s1600/pd1905307.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY5rKyrgJTTc-eFoKJAkcovgQIqGgBzoYN2r4aPr-tJTjoTYd7Iq4fsbRJCO4YlvLeLyTeD74_2skGYOpSpujnAj3yf4SDD7OPSGetjDHiHWzM0Jxm2ITUx_2RQ3abB7FazUt/s320/pd1905307.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668066097083815138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M2QshUSY1V49Oyb4PHkn7xp7VRwkXbQwqnssHxhSf7rvI5xwTS0975SVACE4k0hgxbR2x82GJePfmEH_EUfgHfxT6oYOcnDpR8K9luyxFjxbbfm4Ynr2WDlsmwhagKw0DT4f/s1600/tumblr_lscbha2nUt1qdcasso1_1280.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M2QshUSY1V49Oyb4PHkn7xp7VRwkXbQwqnssHxhSf7rvI5xwTS0975SVACE4k0hgxbR2x82GJePfmEH_EUfgHfxT6oYOcnDpR8K9luyxFjxbbfm4Ynr2WDlsmwhagKw0DT4f/s320/tumblr_lscbha2nUt1qdcasso1_1280.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668066092227476306" /></a><br />These amazing photos of West African Frescoes created by the <a href =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurunsi_peoples">Gurunsi</a> women of Tiebele for decorating their traditional adobe homes also share similar geometric pattern with shapes found on the calabashes of <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people">Fulani</a> women. These motifs can also be found on the frescoes of traditional adobe buildings found in Northern Ghana, Niger, Northern Nigeria and Cameroon.Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-45292527796480017412011-10-26T22:10:00.000-07:002011-10-26T22:24:10.680-07:00Paragon Architects<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QMWY3HCO_xYZWh7QovDPhpk5KytuxPGwWFyDPHEV-bQxyQUo_rubFY0t8HqlZBCzkYfCjNCPVWPpg9UB_9LCwosRKJWryVoUA2ihMC2vEgPHHmnewt-c75-l4S5D3rYJs9Zo/s1600/tumblr_lsieoqPcNq1qdcasso1_1280.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QMWY3HCO_xYZWh7QovDPhpk5KytuxPGwWFyDPHEV-bQxyQUo_rubFY0t8HqlZBCzkYfCjNCPVWPpg9UB_9LCwosRKJWryVoUA2ihMC2vEgPHHmnewt-c75-l4S5D3rYJs9Zo/s320/tumblr_lsieoqPcNq1qdcasso1_1280.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668038321352839570" /></a><br /><br />According to their website "...<a href ="http://www.paragon.co.za/home/">Paragon Architects</a> is a dynamic and innovative architectural design business, based in Johannesburg / South Africa, and active since 1997. It is the originator of the Paragon Group of design businesses.<br /><br />We love what we do, and it shows. Our work is driven by true passion for the process of architecture, and by a hands-on engagement with all opportunities presented in the modern building industry. We believe that the true measure of our skill is our ability to engage at all levels and with all players that make up the colourful world of construction.<br /><br />Our buildings look forward. We embrace the future, because we will be a part of it. With its problems and responsibilities, and with its great freedoms and achievements.<br /><br />Most of all, we have not lost our sense of humour, and we are genuinely optimistic. Our work and our business conduct have a solid and consistent ethical basis, and we consider ourselves as generalists.<br /><br />Our business has been built on our willingness to apply our knowledge to almost any design task, and we have completed buildings and projects of many different types in almost all property industry sectors. Our current core competencies lie in the design of workplace environments, specifically head offices, along with retail, sports and leisure architecture.<br /><br />We have expanded our operational footprint beyond Southern Africa into Africa, and have specific current project interests in Angola, Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda. In 2009, we established a practice under the name of Paragon Arquitetura in Brazil.<br /><br />Paragon Architects is known for being flexible and diverse in its approach to design. Our work is not style-driven, but lifestyle-driven. Elegant and efficient planning are at the core of our designs.<br /><br />We understand the needs of our commercial developer clients, and know how to find ever new architectural forms in a competitive property market. To this extent, our work is fashion-driven, and we move forward from project to project, as our skills grow and our clients’ trust in our ability grows.Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-77106033765357301202011-10-13T00:45:00.000-07:002014-09-15T12:57:07.383-07:00The Soweto Theatre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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According to <a href="http://afritects.com/">Afritects Architects</a> "....The Soweto Theatre is to provide equitable access to arts & culture facilities for the residents of Soweto, the largest satellite district of the city of Johannesburg. The aspirational characteristic of the first public building in Soweto was highlighted as necessitating a unique response calling for a building that the community would take ownership of and feel invited to use and enjoy.<br />
This was answered through an assembly of forms that directly responded to their function whilst exposing their interior connective tissue of ambulatory lobbies to the curious eyes of a passerby. This legibility is contradictory to the standard theatre prototype.The architectural concept arises from solidifying the existing pathways of people through the site when travelling between home and work.<br />
The form has two fortress walls that contain ancillary spaces and hold the three different core theatre venues: a 90-seater, a 180-seater and an auditorium of 430 seats. Unlike others of its type, this is not a solid secret box but exposes all its contents: from everywhere you can identify each of the theatre boxes and also relate to the exterior through the light fissures between the forms. <br />
Each theatre box is clearly identifiable through its primary colours of yellow, blue and red, rendered through ceramic tiles.<br />
The quasi-moiré pattern effect is achieved through using two different tones in both matt and gloss; the resulting basket weave pattern glistens with the sun rays and glimmers at night as car lights reflect off it. This beguiling effect is intended to parallel an African dancer with its glimmering torso and flashes of body adornments.<br />
Sustainability is addressed through the determined use of local labour; the patterned application of the tiles both stretches and develops local skills; finally, the ceramic tiles through their colour fastness will withstand the African sun for 100 years. The main foyer is an outside tent-covered area signifying ‘event’ and where ‘teaser’ performances can happen to entice people...."<br />
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Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-74527703406362901422011-08-20T02:37:00.000-07:002011-08-20T02:55:53.324-07:00Haven Homes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyotjHDIHklRo78dBcsluiDUFLPAb-mHiFnLI7ZfokalnJ_bDXBs0aqLs-5mfK_CwVpF7ec-cFL7Vmf34iPqeFaEHekuAYSB6-5p4RjXzbXKEunzhC0BpF27SL-6SIPdCR-L0/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyotjHDIHklRo78dBcsluiDUFLPAb-mHiFnLI7ZfokalnJ_bDXBs0aqLs-5mfK_CwVpF7ec-cFL7Vmf34iPqeFaEHekuAYSB6-5p4RjXzbXKEunzhC0BpF27SL-6SIPdCR-L0/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642874608007510946" /></a>
<br />According to their website "...<a href =http://www.thehavenhomes.com">Haven Homes</a> is the Real Estate subsidiary of Haven Global Resources Ltd, a firm registered as a limited liability company in Nigeria. Haven Homes is focused on developing unique, luxury homes that are based on western comforts and lifestyles.
<br />We specialize in creating homes that model after the rich, luxurious, western aristocratic homes previously only seen in movies.
<br />Our focus is to provide our customers with ultra luxurious homes that offer unique and individual layouts, abundant natural light, mezzanine levels, galleries, bridges, atriums and sometimes, roof terraces..."Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-34146048378859684922011-08-20T02:02:00.000-07:002014-09-15T12:58:11.190-07:00Nigerian Bottle House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/solar-power-and-plastic-bottles-come-together-on-sustainable-buildings-in-africa/">Energy Refuge</a> writes about using PET plastic bottles that are an environmental nuisance as the one of the main building components for sustainable housing.
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A lot of us are also working to see how we can recycle used discarded water sachet bags(pure water) into building products.
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Photos courtesy of <a href="http://www.energyrefuge.com/">Energy Refuge website</a></div>
Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-47035357849170745122011-03-26T04:13:00.000-07:002011-03-26T04:19:49.073-07:00Shrinkfish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9ZiwH_fZLs_70n698EHKGgO6lsW9Xu6iUW9hMIIkzK0pSRWIqIIuV5INhpbPnNKANyuhePh8B8IFen5Oxl1yUg0aHndnkerg5UzN1Y3LI_NJGJelXWjnSJ-79i5TJ7ZhtjoR/s1600/Shrinkfish.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9ZiwH_fZLs_70n698EHKGgO6lsW9Xu6iUW9hMIIkzK0pSRWIqIIuV5INhpbPnNKANyuhePh8B8IFen5Oxl1yUg0aHndnkerg5UzN1Y3LI_NJGJelXWjnSJ-79i5TJ7ZhtjoR/s200/Shrinkfish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588346643470228898" /></a><br />according to their website "...<a href ="http://www.shrinkfish.com/">Shrinkfish®</a> is a newly incorporated Media Studios in Abuja, Nigeria with a special focus on animation and dynamic content as related to Entertainment, Corporate Identity, Branding, Advertisement solutions, Flash content, Internet and Multimedia presentations. It is our utmost intention to make a change in the animation and media industry in Africa starting from Nigeria..."<br /><br />"...Apart from producing own content in 2D Animation, we offer Services in both 2D as well as 3D Animation under the supervision and management of a top African and European team whose experiences in film, television, Internet and print media go back to over 15 years..."Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-5421253072851754682010-07-10T10:27:00.000-07:002010-07-10T10:35:37.843-07:00Syrian Beehive Houses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49qpoe3-rlE9ncF04QZq4600NwU2J1Ugka4j1IE0sfxweWiabIYy8wl083ojwCbFm5bLbjIX865EoJsOaoQzc2oDkWu9UbyCvzVY6hbBtGN4jJHDklzPJdqVqtp-synVbIaMm/s1600/beehive-house1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49qpoe3-rlE9ncF04QZq4600NwU2J1Ugka4j1IE0sfxweWiabIYy8wl083ojwCbFm5bLbjIX865EoJsOaoQzc2oDkWu9UbyCvzVY6hbBtGN4jJHDklzPJdqVqtp-synVbIaMm/s200/beehive-house1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492332198336911858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XS4-_JZbHCq9vBRs7aHqv9pJVJFMaaGDR-U_xZFErcpPq3ip4prObTBKaah1rOPmu7LST1iNb1_HD7F8gO-6TeNGlaGj6GnasKfjg6YBYLPTs8_E_HmF3WPhmDXWzH1kUuTY/s1600/beehive.house2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XS4-_JZbHCq9vBRs7aHqv9pJVJFMaaGDR-U_xZFErcpPq3ip4prObTBKaah1rOPmu7LST1iNb1_HD7F8gO-6TeNGlaGj6GnasKfjg6YBYLPTs8_E_HmF3WPhmDXWzH1kUuTY/s200/beehive.house2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492332190443153682" /></a><br /><a href ="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/how-to-live-without-air-conditioning.php?dcitc=th_rss">Treehugger</a> writes about Syrian Beehive houses that are "....Designed for the desert climate, the beehive homes keep the heat out in a few ways. Their thick mud brick walls trap in the cool and keep the sun out as well (beehive homes have very few, if any, windows). The high domes of the beehive houses also collect the hot air, moving it away from the residents sleeping at the bottom of the house..."<br /><br />Photos courtesy of <a href ="http://www.treehugger.com">Treehugger</a>Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-37063184582573154552010-07-10T10:03:00.000-07:002010-07-10T10:23:56.845-07:00Yazd's wind-catchers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2K-ECfs1gRnH-TxhLauy3bKnLv_RY8mCqfSFuRiPWl0fEq-ijJ1-9laCmL77_QWIza8NFQtAxdWtXzbqx86hhXMV7zrvPRRpZBTMFGl2-LK5iiPoo1IyOKLF0uMVlTILywsy/s1600/Wind-Tower-and-Qanat-Cooling.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2K-ECfs1gRnH-TxhLauy3bKnLv_RY8mCqfSFuRiPWl0fEq-ijJ1-9laCmL77_QWIza8NFQtAxdWtXzbqx86hhXMV7zrvPRRpZBTMFGl2-LK5iiPoo1IyOKLF0uMVlTILywsy/s200/Wind-Tower-and-Qanat-Cooling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492328277727569426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi95qJKk32P3WLNFNLEL_OsTV_LIzZiRJNNcwwfERDou-RXWjVFAL6w4ilS1qIFHOi7zPbB7_ILMlE5G2-ZwHLs3NnfeZlnpavnLT3U0-uBatI7qQYA_8pfjJS6aVXf0GLj7m/s1600/windcatchers.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi95qJKk32P3WLNFNLEL_OsTV_LIzZiRJNNcwwfERDou-RXWjVFAL6w4ilS1qIFHOi7zPbB7_ILMlE5G2-ZwHLs3NnfeZlnpavnLT3U0-uBatI7qQYA_8pfjJS6aVXf0GLj7m/s200/windcatchers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492328272118099218" /></a><br /><a href ="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/heirloom_technology_yazds_windcatch.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890">Makezine</a> writes about traditional wind-catchers that are built on the top of buildings in the city of Yazd in Iran. <br /><br />It says "...When I visited the 3000-year-old city of Yazd, Iran, the old school technology I was most fascinated by is the windcatcher. Seen atop many a building in this arid city with an annual rainfall of 2.4 inches and summer temps frequently pushing 104°F, these towers are the predecessors to the swamp cooler. Basically, the wind shafts on the rooftops have directional ports, and only the one facing away from the incoming wind is left open. The wind gets sucked in and pushed down over water below, and the cooled air is circulated through the house. In the ancient homes I saw, the room at the bottom of the wind shaft had a little pool of water and the sides of the room were often built-in brick benches covered with carpet, where the dwellers would spend the hottest part of the day..."<br /><br />Photos courtesy of <a href ="http://blog.makezine.com">Makezine</a>Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11727506.post-7096352269911458162010-06-30T13:19:00.000-07:002010-06-30T13:31:02.634-07:00Lagos Keys<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhdAR1sD3tAPyWKHRWvqWrbZpGb6D5F67KjTcnzge7xkl9XCWpbovZDxnjcCDdH3J7f-oOUB2DkVK-uVqrxgpZzSxBWZPgNFlPqxWRpLoNa0-kp-P-iyliXoBhpmI0s3LpNLs/s1600/pinnacle.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhdAR1sD3tAPyWKHRWvqWrbZpGb6D5F67KjTcnzge7xkl9XCWpbovZDxnjcCDdH3J7f-oOUB2DkVK-uVqrxgpZzSxBWZPgNFlPqxWRpLoNa0-kp-P-iyliXoBhpmI0s3LpNLs/s320/pinnacle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488665647289620402" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com/2010/06/lagos-keys.html">Lagos Keys</a> is a proposed development by Pinnacle Point Group. According to there <a href ="http://www.lagoskeys.com/property-for-sale">website</a> "...Pinnacle Point Lagos Keys will create the ultimate luxurious lifestyle with opulent residential homes set on spacious 3000m² private erven, with panoramic vistas across the lush golf course and landscaped gardens. Offering picturesque serenity, breathtaking views and timeless elegance, these freestanding, sumptuous mansions and palatial villas will be designed in a selection of styles including Classical, Mediterranean and Colonial..."Ugo Okaforhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775577911891353332noreply@blogger.com0