Culture: between body, surface and landscape FESTAC '77 Garba's vertical studio project Garba vertical studio students Festivals New towns Student projects Urban villages The studio began by developing strategies and proposals that address the lifecycle of architecture before, during and after major cultural events in dense urban centers. The site for this project will be FESTAC Town, Lagos, Nigeria. The World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture was the second of an annual celebration hosted by the Nigerian government in Lagos In 1977. The first FESTAC had been hosted by Senegal in Dakar in 1966. The Lagos festival took place over a month, situated primarily at the National Theater, however various fringe sites spread throughout the state and other neighboring states were areas of activity as well. There has not been another FESTAC since 1977. Doxiadis Associates, an architectural and urban planning firm located in Athens, Greece, proposed the development of FESTAC Town School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006) Hartswick, Christopher McCormack, Corey Means, Tori Garba, Fareh Images Digital Jpeg 2006 Spring semester Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Culture: between body, surface and landscape
FESTAC '77
Garba's vertical studio project
Garba vertical studio students
Festivals
New towns
Student projects
Urban villages
The studio began by developing strategies and proposals that address the lifecycle of architecture before, during and after major cultural events in dense urban centers. The site for this project will be FESTAC Town, Lagos, Nigeria. The World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture was the second of an annual celebration hosted by the Nigerian government in Lagos In 1977. The first FESTAC had been hosted by Senegal in Dakar in 1966. The Lagos festival took place over a month, situated primarily at the National Theater, however various fringe sites spread throughout the state and other neighboring states were areas of activity as well. There has not been another FESTAC since 1977. Doxiadis Associates, an architectural and urban planning firm located in Athens, Greece, proposed the development of FESTAC Town
School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006)
Hartswick, Christopher
McCormack, Corey
Means, Tori
Garba, Fareh
Images
Digital
Jpeg
2006 Spring semester
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY