Saturday, June 20, 2009

african renaissance - wildetect ideal


It is a fact that Africa is an extremely dramatic continent.  it has always striven to be independent of western ideals, many men and cultures have tried to mold Africa into an extension of Europe. however it has always fervently sought its own unique identity. an identity as old as the sculpted cape fold mountains. from the sphinx, pyramids to the moors, Hausa, Dogon and Ndebele - African architecture has always been extremely dramatic, gaudy , wild.
it is this wildness that the style of wildetecture tries to in a small way emulate. its the untamed aspects of african design that will help mold and  create wildetectures  expressionistic interpretation of architecture on this untamed continent. 
using these very african design points of departure, wildetecture proposes a few examples for an African architectural renaissance. definitely not to every ones taste,  a bold  way of conceptualizing and interpreting the dark continents unique architecture.