Tower of Life is a project proposal for an iconic tower in Dakar, Senegal. Speculating the active role Africa can play on a global level, leading a design agenda where ecology, bio-computation, material engineering, decentralized economy, and sustainable development triumph.
Project name
Tower of Life
Architecture firm
Bad. Built by Associative Data
Location
Dakar, Senegal, Africa
Design team
Ali Basbous, Vicente Guallart, Roland Bosbach, Antoun Rizk, Firas Safieddine, Al Azzi Michel, Nemer Nabbouh
Collaborators
Visionary Architect
Typology
Commercial › Office
An architecture competition that protects health and prevent malnutrition. The winning project will be built in southern Senegal.
The ‘Children’s House’ should be a welcoming place where activities aimed at preventing child malnutrition can be carried out in a rural environment of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Organizer
Kaira Looro Competition, Balouo Salo Humanitarian Organization
Eligibility
Architects, students, designers and engineers from anywhere in the world in individual participation or with a team with at least 1 member under 35
Register
https://www.kairalooro.com
Awards & Prizes
1st prize: € 5,000 + Internship at Kengo Kuma Associates + Construction. 2nd prize: € 2,000 + Internship at Mario Cucinella Architects. 3rd prize: € 1,000 + Internship at SBGA | Blengini Ghirardelli. Honorable mentions - 5 mentions - 20 finalists - 20 Top 50. All awarded teams will receive a certificate and will be: published in the competition channels, broadcast to over 30 media partners, shared with institutions and published in the official volume.
Entries deadline
13/06/2022
Smart village to adapt to changes in sea level rise inspired by the biomimetic structure of "Pufferfish"
A smart village that responds to the environment and adapts to it.
Project name
Puffer Village
Architecture firm
SN Sajjad Navidi
Location
Ganvie, Benin, Africa
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk AutoCAD
Principal architect
Sajjad Navidi
Design team
Sajjad Navidi
Status
This project was one of the top 10 projects in 2021 (out of more than 2000 submitted projects) in the category of "Innovation related to sea level rise" by "FONDATION JACQUES ROUGERIE" Paris / France
Typology
Futuristic Architecture, Architecture and Innovation related to Sea Level Rise, Conceptual.
Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA, makes a striking but sensitively integrated architectural statement in the area’s distinctive cliffside setting.
Project name
Clifton Terraces
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Niel Vosloo
Design team
Philip Olmesdahl, Mark Bullivant, Edward Peinke, Jo Nel, Christian Liebenberg, Melissa de Freitas, Peter Harel & Lichumile Monakali
Collaborators
OKHA (Bespoke Furniture), De Leeuw (Quantity Surveyor), Taupo Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Developer), SIP Project Managers (Pty) Ltd (Project Manager), All Round Pools (Pool Consultat), Graham Wood (Copy)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Sutherland Engineers
Structural engineer
JG Afrika
Construction
Haw & Inglis
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Modern laconic interior. In natural colors. The villa has a fairly large area. Main areas: Spacious living room; kitchen; master bedroom; guest rooms; and specialized technical rooms.
Architecture firm
Salah Fattah Architecture
Location
Pointe Sarene Beach, Senegal
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Salah Fattah
Design team
Alena Valyavko, Salah Fattah
Visualization
Alena Valyavko
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
SAOTA's project Kloof House took home Gold at the 43rd Annual Loeries Awards, in the Design category for Architecture. Winners were announced during Loeries Creative Week (21 - 22 October 2021) in Cape Town, which welcomed hundreds of creatives from across Africa and the Middle East.
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
The 21st century is marked by strong urbanization. Since 2008, more than half of the world’s population has been living in urban areas. This urbanization is generally accompanied by high-density development, which is associated with drawbacks such as air pollution and, above all, the lack of adequate space to accommodate this growing population.
Architecture firm
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Location
Vacant land in the wake of highways, Cameroon
Visualization
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Typology
Mixed-Use Building
This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head; with views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
Design team
Greg Truen, Dov Goldring, Jaco Bruwer, Ian Cox and Puja Patel
Collaborators
SBDS Quantity Surveyors (Quantity Surveyor)
Interior design
OKHA (interior decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne Consulting Engineers
Landscape
Franchesca Watson Garden Designer
Construction
Gossow & Harding Construction Pty (Ltd)
Material
Stone, Glass, Steel, Wood, Concrete and plaster
Typology
Residential › House
