African Fabbers House: An Ecological Habitat

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.