With BKVV, Amsterdam, 2009

"Scattered Concrete porous Volumes in The Rainforest, stemmed from local termite mounds."

The campus design mimics scattered minerals volumes within a layered savannah spot within the equatorial forest that borders the banks of the Ngounie rivers, in the inland of Gabon. Orange tinted concrete shapes echoe the texture of local clay constitute the dominant image. Faculty buildings, like square boxes, hover above the ground and organize a seminal urban grid with a hierarchy of paths, axes, and organic trails, along terrain contour lines. Faculty buildings are aligned along a front road to be built, linking the new settlement with the city of Mouila, one and a half kilometers away, forming a front façade originated by the entrance canopy.

Website: www.mouilauniversity.com