【獎項 Prizes】　評審團推薦獎 Judges’ Special Award

【國家或地區 Country/Region】　喀麥隆 Cameroon

【公司／團隊 Company/Group】　HKA | Hermann Kamte & Associates

【設計師姓名 Designer】　Hermann Kamte

【作品介紹 Description】

Lagos Wooden Tower is a residential building designed in lagos entirely in Wooden Material. Tagged as the first Wooden Skyscraper proposed in Africa. Lagos's Wooden Tower is among the Winners of the Inaugural WAFX Prize (Cutural Identity) at The World Architecture Festival 2018. The Design is announced as one of the World's most Forward-Looking Architectural Concepts of the Year. The project is an alternative Vision to the city reliances on concrete and less sutainable materials. Lagos is the most populate city in Africa and represents a big deal for architects. City consists of more than16 million inhabitants. Situated in the heart of Ikory, Lagos’s Wooden tower is the unique wooden structure which is designed to be a smart and sustainable building. The project is build on an existing structure (Abebe Court Tower). located on the highbrow Bourdillon Road. It counts 4 blocks housing units. they consists of 4 bedrooms and 3 bedroom apartments distributed on 4 floors. There are some amenities. The Tower is oriented to maximise daylight and natural ventilation. The wooden envelope provides shading. Plants belt around floors contribute to create fresh air flow and keep a constant microclimate into living space while providing a visual comfort and aesthetic. The apartments are designed around a central core. Building is divided in 4 parts. The top roof consists of 360° restaurants and lush greenery. Sky gardens contribute in social gathering between users. The envelope high lights Yoruba culture with their massive presence in the heart of Lagos. Inspiration comes from the history of Yoruba, Lagos is the oldest site of Benin Empire. The entire structure is built by using resistance of LVL wood system. It is used as a load-bearing and a non-load bearing structure. Structural feasibility and sustainability are based on wood. LVL products allow crossing very far-reaching. Wood is known as the fingerprint of Nature into artificial buildings. The experimental smart tall building is developed to be Marketable, serviceable, economical, sustainable, environmental, Ecological and Social.