{"id":11603,"date":"2015-03-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/african-architecture-and-design\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T12:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:00:34","slug":"african-architecture-and-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/african-architecture-and-design\/","title":{"rendered":"African Architecture and Design Takes Center Stage at Vitra Design Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.design-museum.de\/en\/information.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vitra Design Museum (VDM)<\/a> in Weil am Rhein, Germany, will celebrate African design and architecture with an African theme for the next six months. The programming starts with the exhibition \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.design-museum.de\/en\/exhibitions\/detailseiten\/african-modernism.html\" target=\"_blank\">Architecture of Independence \u2013 African Modernism<\/a>,\u201d which opened on February 20th and runs until May 31st, and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.design-museum.de\/en\/exhibitions\/detailseiten\/making-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Making Africa \u2013 A Continent of Contemporary Design<\/a>,\u201d which opened on March 14th and will be on view until September 13th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685442402_Architecture_Independence_Baan_Abidjian4136_826671_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685442402_Architecture_Independence_Baan_Abidjian4136_826671_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685442402_Architecture_Independence_Baan_Abidjian4136_826671_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685442402_Architecture_Independence_Baan_Abidjian4136_826671_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685442402_Architecture_Independence_Baan_Abidjian4136_826671_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685442402_Architecture_Independence_Baan_Abidjian4136_826671_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 Iwan Baan\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Iwan Baan<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p><i>La Pyramide, Abidjan (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire), by Rinaldo Olivieri, 1973. Photo \u00a9 Iwan Baan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Curated by Basel architect and academic Manuel Herz, &#8220;Architecture of Independence &#8211; African Modernism&#8221; is largely a photography exhibition that focuses on futuristic and heroic architecture in five African countries. It features Iwan Baan photography of more than 80 buildings in five countries: Zambia, Kenya, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685508104_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2392_826673_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685508104_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2392_826673_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685508104_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2392_826673_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685508104_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2392_826673_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685508104_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2392_826673_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685508104_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2392_826673_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 Iwan Baan\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Iwan Baan<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p><i>FIDAK &#8211; Foire Internationale de Dakar, Dakar (Senegal), by Jean Francois Lamoureux &amp; Jean-Louis Marin, 1974. Photo \u00a9 Iwan Baan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>During the 1960s independence movements, architecture became a primary means by which these young nations expressed their national identities. The architecture shows a civic commitment to nation-building, but also illustrates the contradictions of breaking free of colonialism, as the architects were often imported and sometimes brought in from former occupying powers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685522905_Architecture_Independence_Lusaka_826674_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685522905_Architecture_Independence_Lusaka_826674_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685522905_Architecture_Independence_Lusaka_826674_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685522905_Architecture_Independence_Lusaka_826674_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685522905_Architecture_Independence_Lusaka_826674_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685522905_Architecture_Independence_Lusaka_826674_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 Iwan Baan\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Iwan Baan<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p><i>University of Zambia &#8211; UNZA, Lusaka (Zambia), by Julian Elliott, 1965-1970. Photo \u00a9 Iwan Baan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Curator Okwui Enwezor organized the second and larger show, &#8220;Making Africa \u2013 A Continent of Contemporary Design,&#8221; which showcases the work of 120 African designers. The show illustrates how design accompanies and fuels economic and political changes on the continent. Africa is presented as a hub of experimentation generating new approaches and solutions of worldwide relevance \u2014 and as a driving force for a new discussion of the potential of design in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685566809_Architecture_Independence_Nairobi_826682_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685566809_Architecture_Independence_Nairobi_826682_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685566809_Architecture_Independence_Nairobi_826682_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685566809_Architecture_Independence_Nairobi_826682_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685566809_Architecture_Independence_Nairobi_826682_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685566809_Architecture_Independence_Nairobi_826682_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 Iwan Baan\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Iwan Baan<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi (Kenya), by Karl Henrik Nostvik, 1967-1973. Photo \u00a9 Iwan Baan<\/i><\/p>\n<p>There are 650 million registered mobile phones in Africa \u2014 more than in Europe or the US. These are a major factor in its development, as they provide a platform for information exchange. The show focuses on how artists and designers are working across various media to address issues of material culture and everyday aesthetics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685569010_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana3885_826683_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685569010_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana3885_826683_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685569010_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana3885_826683_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685569010_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana3885_826683_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685569010_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana3885_826683_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685569010_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana3885_826683_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>School of Engineering at KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Kumasi (Ghana), by James Cubitt, 1956. Photo \u00a9 Alexia Webster<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Some highlights include the eyewear sculptures by Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru, the furniture of Cheick Diallo from Mali and the photography of Mozambican M\u00e1rio Macilau and Nigerian J.D. \u2019Okhai Ojeikere. It shows the architecture of Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9, David Adjaye and Kunl\u00e9 Adeyemi, remarkable cardboard city models by <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/bodys-isek-kingelez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bodys Isek Kingelez<\/a> and animation art by Robin Rhode, a South African based in Berlin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685502903_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2200_826677_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685502903_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2200_826677_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685502903_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2200_826677_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685502903_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2200_826677_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685502903_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2200_826677_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685502903_Architecture_Independence_Dakar2200_826677_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 Iwan Baan\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Iwan Baan<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Both exhibitions are accompanied by extensive publications. The Making Africa show is accompanied by a star-studded events program and is a collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, where it will travel next.<\/p>\n<p><i>Architecture of Independence \u2013 African Modernism<\/i><br \/> Through May 31, 2015<\/p>\n<p><i>Making Africa \u2013 A Continent of Contemporary Design<\/i><br \/> Through September 13, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Vitra Design Museum<br \/> Charles-Eames-Str. 2<br \/> D-79576 Weil am Rhein<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png?ssl=1\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685586411_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana_4595_826684_preview.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685586411_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana_4595_826684_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685586411_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana_4595_826684_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685586411_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana_4595_826684_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685586411_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana_4595_826684_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/142473685586411_Architecture_Independence_Webster_Ghana_4595_826684_preview.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t data-recalc-dims=\"1\">\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Stadium at KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Kumasi (Ghana), by KNUST Development Office, 1964-1967. 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