The unique wooden structure was the winner of the Inaugural WAFX Prize, which is awarded to future projects that identify key challenges that architects will need to address over the next ten years and is part of the World Architectural Festival’s 10th anniversary celebrations.
The building was designed to solve housing shortages in Lagos- the most populated city in Africa with 16 million inhabitants. Situated in the heart of a housing estate in Ikory, one of the richest residential areas in Nigeria, the sustainable wooden tower represents a huge opportunity for architects and an alternative to the concrete buildings that dominate the city.
“The aim is to make a transformation that matters. Wood is marketable, serviceable, biodegradable, affordable, sustainable and ecological. The studied technology is an entire wooden skeleton with the Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) system for loadbearing and a non-load bearing structure,” explained architects from HKA.
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