PRODUCT LIBRARY
photographed by cristóbal palma, the building is clad with dark timber boards that enclose a series of private spaces and direct views towards the crashing waves.
the main feature of the design is the huge kitchen, dining and living space that opens out to the pool and the horizon beyond.
the house consists of three separate brick volumes set above a continuous living space on the ground floor.
the renovation preserves the original masonry façade but carves out a new world inside, one which prioritizes light, space and openness.
Curved walls and inserted window bays are dusty and filth traps particularly in heavily polluted Lagos Nigeria. Apart from that one hopes that the color scheme on the models are not the final ones for the simple fact that dark and contrasting colors in the tropics are damn garish. There will be streaks of red mud silt and dark soot running down the building by the start of raining season after the dust has been deposited by the tradewinds as is common in the country. African weather is not friendly to unprotected wall regardless of how highly specified it is. These dudes should do a field study on tall buildings in the country. They age rapidly and look terrible because of design choice and massing. Besides how are the windows to deal with torrential rainfalls without window sills. To be exact te building looks better suited to Northern Nigeria than Southern Nigeria were Lagos is situated. More Dubai than rainforest vernacular which it should have