Media Student Architecture & Design Award 2018
First Award | Category: Housing
Architect: Hermann Kamte & Associates
Country: Cameroon
The award-winning tower was designed and conceptualised by Cameroonian Architecture Firm, Hermann Kamte & Associates.
Lagos is the most populate city in Africa and represents a big deal for
architects. City consists of 16 million inhabitants. Situated in the
heart of Ikory, the most popular and the richest residential site of
Nigeria, Lagos’s tower is the unique wooden structure which is designed
to be a smart and sustainable building.
The old existing building is located on the highbrow Bourdillon Road
with picturesque vegetation. It counts 4 blocks housing units. Each
consists of 4 bedrooms and 3 bedroom apartments distributed on 4 floors.
There are some amenities: Swimming Pools, Gymnasium, Tennis courts,
Children’s Playground, Parking lots, Borehole and water treatment,
Sewage treatment plants and electricity Generator
Lagos’s tower rises above the town and follow the sky and search to
cross the limit of wooden construction. The new landmark is composed of
mixed residential type used; it is built on the roof of Abebe Court, a
housing estate.
The whole is oriented to maximise daylight and natural ventilation.
The wooden envelope provides shading from the heat of the direct sun
around the shape. Plants belt around each floor contribute to creating
fresh air flow and keep a constant microclimate into living space while
providing a visual comfort and aesthetic.
The project focuses on the open area. This is an experimental tall
wooden structure in Lagos. The apartments are designed around a central
core. Building is divided in 4 parts. The existing structure and new are
separated by sky gardens and amenities. The top roof consists of 360°
restaurants and lush greenery. Sky gardens also contribute in social
gathering between users. It gives a new natural footprint face to the
historic Centre dominated by massive and heavy building built in
ceramic, concrete and asphalt.
The envelope high lights Yoruba culture with their massive presence
in the heart of Lagos. Inspiration comes from the history of Edo, Yoruba
and Hausa people. Lagos is the oldest site of Benin Empire and it is
awesome to see that there is always a traditional hierarchy in this
modern city. Obe yet symbolises the king of the man, the king of Lagos
state. This tower is influenced by the contest ‘they don’t fuck it’, but
it wants to be integrated into the city life.
The entire structure is built by using resistance of LVL wood system.
It is used as a load-bearing and a non-load bearing structure.
Structural feasibility and sustainability are based on wood. LVL
products allow crossing very far-reaching. Wood is known as the
fingerprint of Nature into artificial buildings. Maybe will it connects
us to nature? Its most powerful comes from the unicity of each piece of
wood and it’s wonderful.
This experimental smart tall building is developed through natural,
recyclable and local material. It can be a beautiful landmark for Ikory
and in Nigeria. By consideration of the context and the local history,
the design improved lifestyle and reveal all these points: Marketable,
serviceable, economical, sustainable, environmental, Ecological and
Social.
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