Overview
“The house is what closes to repair [...] and closes around an opening” S. Petrosino The plot of 300 m2 on which the house will be built is at the end of a cul-de-sac. The fact that it does not have windows on the facade allows the construction not to make its function understood from the outside. By leaving Teranga with the typical hospitality of Senegalese families, to reveal that once they have entered the building the true conformation of the spaces.
Client:
Private
Year:
2020
Category:
Residential
Location:
Dakar, Senegal
Status:
Completed
This project has been thought and conceived based on the context of the city of Dakar, which then pushed our reflection away from the standard conception of the Senegalese villa. Contrary to popular practice consisting of having the courtyard surrounding the house, we chose to go the opposite route and have the house surround the courtyard
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TEAM
Partners
Mirco Monti
Project Team
Omar Diouf





