FLOAT for Lagos and other affected territories Garba Vertical Studio, Fall 2007 Watters, Kevin Student projects Student drawings Stilt housing Stilts FLOAT for Lagos and other affected territories. One of the most primitive drives to create architecture is shelter from the elements; comfort, moderate climate swings, extreme fluctuations and polarities can occur at varying frequencies/rates, at times instantly, other times consistently. Constructing shelter has become an increasingly complex procedure as “normal” climatic conditions evolve to include unpredictable hybrid climates/microclimates. It is not breaking news that society is “silently” progessing forward or perhaps downward spiraling in the face of environmental paradoxes: polluted soils/bodies of water leading to tainted precipitation, tidal shifts associated with deadly flooding, depletion of natural resources combined with consumption/dependency on fossil fuels, and the destruction of natural land formations. School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007) Garba, Farah, Faculty advisor 2007 Digital images JPEG2000 21st century Lagos, Angola Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
FLOAT for Lagos and other affected territories
Garba Vertical Studio, Fall 2007
Watters, Kevin
Student projects
Student drawings
Stilt housing
Stilts
FLOAT for Lagos and other affected territories. One of the most primitive drives to create architecture is shelter from the elements; comfort, moderate climate swings, extreme fluctuations and polarities can occur at varying frequencies/rates, at times instantly, other times consistently. Constructing shelter has become an increasingly complex procedure as “normal” climatic conditions evolve to include unpredictable hybrid climates/microclimates. It is not breaking news that society is “silently” progessing forward or perhaps downward spiraling in the face of environmental paradoxes: polluted soils/bodies of water leading to tainted precipitation, tidal shifts associated with deadly flooding, depletion of natural resources combined with consumption/dependency on fossil fuels, and the destruction of natural land formations.
School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007)
Garba, Farah, Faculty advisor
2007
Digital images
JPEG2000
21st century
Lagos, Angola
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY