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Noktecture, Ojile Ameh Godswill
Noktecture, Ojile Ameh Godswill
ATL
Honorable Mention
Inspired by the Nok terracotta.
What inspired you to enter this special competition to create a modern architectural language for Africa?
I am of the opinion that original African culture has not been fully portrayed especially in our Architecture, at least that is the reason we still run helter-skelter using / adopting Roman classical forms of cornices (concrete fascia), entablatures in a bit to coining ours. I believe if we could only make move to look inwards; there is richness in African originality that if harnessed would yield unfathomable impact. CPDI Africa is a platform we have craved …