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Holcim Awards 2008 Africa Middle East

"Next Generation" 1st prize: Amphibious dwellings in informal settlements, Lagos, Nigeria

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A prototype structure has been completed and now functions as an amphibious medical clinic (main image) for a concept to move squatters into floating homes on unused coastal areas closer to their source of income (inset).

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Type of project:
Architecture (housing)
Start of construction:
July 2009
Author:
Akinlabi A. Afolayan, architect, Niles Bolton Associates, Atlanta, USA

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Project Summary
Amphibious dwellings in informal settlements is a striking concept to move squatters into floating homes on unused coastal areas closer to their source of income. Houses out of “found” materials, at low or no-cost, are constructed on buoyant platforms. Dwellings are equipped with rainwater collectors, purification units and drycomposting toilets to assure minimum sanitation.

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Jury member Holger Wallbaum (left) congratulates Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2008 1st prize winner Akinlabi A. Afolayan for "Amphibious dwellings in informal settlements, Lagos, Nigeria"

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Amphibious dwellings in informal settlements, Lagos, Nigeria

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photos of team and prize hand-over

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