Lagos' flood-beating floating school nears completion
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The Makoko school frame was completed in December 2012 (Image: NLÉ)
Frame construction taking shape at the end of 2012 (Image: NLÉ)
Completion of the base platfrom in November 2012 (Image: NLÉ)
The Makoko school design hopes to provide new living opportunities for the community (Image: NLÉ)
The floating-school prototype is expected to be completed in March 2013 (Image: NLÉ)
NLÉ's design hope to become a prototype model that can be replicated (Image: NLÉ)
The school uses approximately 256 plastic drums to float on the water (Image: NLÉ)
Solar panels are planned along with rainwater harvesting to facilitate the newly installed compost toilets (Image: NLÉ)
If the prototype is successful, replicated structures could provide homes for over 100,000 people in the area (Image: NLÉ)
NLÉ successfully completed test floating platforms in September 2012 (Image: NLÉ)
The project will source sustainable local materials (Image: NLÉ)
The Mokoko School is 108 sq ft (10 sq mt) at its base, 33 ft (10 m) high (Image: NLÉ)
The design team has included a playground on the base level with a further two floors for classrooms above (Image: NLÉ)
Article Summary
Design and urbanism practice NLÉ, led by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, is building a new multilevel school in Makoko – a region of Nigeria's most populous city, Lagos. While that doesn't sound too unusual, the difference here is that in an effort to address the issues of land scarcity and poor waste management that affect the flood-prone area, this school is being built on floating platforms.
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