Architectural Acupuncture: Small Projects, Big Impact
Holcim Awards Webinars look at small and powerful transformations with winners from Ghana and Lebanon
Last updated: May 13, 2024 Zurich, Switzerland
Exemplifying the acupuncture approach in Ghana and Lebanon
Surf Ghana Collective (Awards 2023 Gold for Middle East & Africa) focuses on the community, particularly youth, in the surfing hotspot of Busua in western Ghana. It reuses an existing building with strategic yet economical interventions to craft a new kind of gathering space – one that fosters collaboration, independence, and entrepreneurship.
Kfar Houneh Ecolodge (Awards 2023 Bronze for Middle East & Africa) is situated on the outskirts of its eponymous village in Lebanon, where it will promote tourism. Built with low-impact materials and efficient systems, the project preserves and integrates old ruins in the area, making them part of a tourist trail. Here, the wider condition is the biodiversity and ecosystem of the region, which the Ecolodge seeks to protect and showcase.
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