FILTER FOR PEACE
Sedhiou, Senegal, Africa
Unrealized / Conceptual: Institutional (Peace Pavilion).
2019
The peace pavilion structure tries to fill the gap between Senegalese vernacular architecture and replacing the traditional systems resulting from the colonial era. The structure is created with locally made rammed earth walls and columns, roof covered with a full overhanging thatched roof over wooden cantilever frames fixed in the rammed earth walls.
Sedhiou, Senegal, Africa
Unrealized / Conceptual: Institutional (Peace Pavilion).
2019
The peace pavilion structure tries to fill the gap between Senegalese vernacular architecture and replacing the traditional systems resulting from the colonial era. The structure is created with locally made rammed earth walls and columns, roof covered with a full overhanging thatched roof over wooden cantilever frames fixed in the rammed earth walls.
“Peace is a dream; it can become a reality… but to build it we must be capable of dreaming.” (Nelson Mandela)
The design concept for peace pavilion believes that humans born pure-hearted and peace-loving; that is why we must remember to get back to our real roots. These ideas are translated through creating a contemporary iconic architectural structure that provides a spatial experience for the user based on filtration of the user through a spiritual, and awareness-raising experience to return to the way of Salvation. The structure is abstracted by using rammed earth tombstones, remembering the victims lost in Africa’s wars and conflicts to learn from the mistakes of the past and gives hope for a more peaceful future.
The design concept for peace pavilion believes that humans born pure-hearted and peace-loving; that is why we must remember to get back to our real roots. These ideas are translated through creating a contemporary iconic architectural structure that provides a spatial experience for the user based on filtration of the user through a spiritual, and awareness-raising experience to return to the way of Salvation. The structure is abstracted by using rammed earth tombstones, remembering the victims lost in Africa’s wars and conflicts to learn from the mistakes of the past and gives hope for a more peaceful future.
