African Fabbers House: An Ecological Habitat
African Fabbers House: An Ecological Habitat
- urbanNext, November 27, 2019.
- 351 words.
africanCities, expanding design practices, Low Density, Paolo Cascone, Project, Technology and fabrication
African Cities, Bamboo, Cameroon, Circular economy, Collaboration, Collective Awareness, Community, Digital fabrication, Ecology, Heritage, Local fabrication, Local manufacture, Passive ventilation, Photovoltaic panels, Population, Prefab housing, Project, Prototype, Sustainability, Timber, Urbanization, Vernacular
500 million people will be living in urban areas in Africa in 2020.
90% of them are still living in slums.
UN Habitat
After many years of post-colonial studies on architecture and design, we are investigating the possibility of creating a “local industry” for an ecological habitat in Africa. The [AFH] project bridges the main concepts from the tremendous heritage of African vernacular design with the 1970s experience of J.
2575-5374
Architecture Tropical-house-design Project Housing-prototype Cameroon
africanCities, expanding design practices, Low Density, Paolo Cascone, Project, Technology and fabrication
African Cities, Bamboo, Cameroon, Circular economy, Collaboration, Collective Awareness, Community, Digital fabrication, Ecology, Heritage, Local fabrication, Local manufacture, Passive ventilation, Photovoltaic panels, Population, Prefab housing, Project, Prototype, Sustainability, Timber, Urbanization, Vernacular
500 million people will be living in urban areas in Africa in 2020.
90% of them are still living in slums.
UN Habitat
After many years of post-colonial studies on architecture and design, we are investigating the possibility of creating a “local industry” for an ecological habitat in Africa. The [AFH] project bridges the main concepts from the tremendous heritage of African vernacular design with the 1970s experience of J.
2575-5374
Architecture Tropical-house-design Project Housing-prototype Cameroon