Nka Foundation

All About Designing and Building an Arts Village for Senegal

Now loading… 5th earth architecture competition: designing a rural arts center for Senegal. Participate and make your name known!

The 1st prize winner is Yusuke Suzuki Design Office in Japan; the 2nd prize goes to Urban Active Space Research in China; and the 3rd prize winner is Sara Arfaian, Junko Yamamoto and Jenny Zhan in USA.

Join us at any time for a minimum stay of 2 weeks to help build FRAMED ESCAPE LIBRARY by Maude Cannat and Rachel Méau, who are architects in France. It's not all works!

This is an international competition open to landscape architects, artists, curators, designers, architects, urban planners, engineers and university students. Registration deadline is January 31, 2017. Contact: info@nkafoundation.org

Be There! ARTHOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP. It's not all works! Over the weekend, participant can explore the nearby cultural sites such as Bomwire Kente Village, Bobiri Forest Reserve, or the cultural centres in the historic city of Kumasi.

The workshop brings together planners, landscape architects, development experts and others to create a Strategic Master Plan that synergizes archaeological, ecological and cultural preservation with future population needs and tourism potential.

The 1st prize goes to the design team of Maude Cannat and Rachel Méau in France; the 2nd prize goes to the design team of Francesca Vittorini and Andrea Tabocchini in Italy; and the 3rd prize is awarded to design team, Archisan in Bangladesh...

What would happen if you bring together creative persons from different cultures to interact and create works with earth in an arts village in Ghana?. Why not join us and find out!

Nka Foundation announces three prototyping workshops to build the winning design entries in its 3rd Earth Architecture Competition: Designing for the Arts in Ghana.