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The Marginalised Majority
A proposal to create educational opportunities and empower the community of the informal settlement of Makoko
Introduction
Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, with a population growth of more than 80 persons per hour. With an estimated population of 21 million, two-thirds of them live in slums. One of these is Makoko, originally a fishing village, situated on the waterfront in central Lagos. Makoko lacks critical infrastructure, such as sanitation and educational opportunities. Similar to Nigeria in general, Makoko has a very religious population. Due to this, Makoko has forty churches, but only one school. This project explores the possibilities of re-using the existing church structures and transforming them into a hybrid typology, facilitating for education, while keeping a minimal impact on the original religious program. In addition to this, a new school is designed to replace the existing school, which is currently in a poor state and with limited capacity.
This profile shows all the main drawings as shown on the exhibiton board. For the full presentation, see links.
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Full presentation
The bigger picture
The UN predicts that 50% of the projected population growth until 2050 is going to come from Africa. Within Africa, every sixth African is Nigerian. One of the largest and fastest growing cities is Lagos, with a population of 21 million. Of these, about two-thirds live in slums.
![Thematics](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/thematics_board-03.png?itok=Vrnw5s-C)
Introducing Makoko
![Makoko](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/01_tableofcontents_noise.jpg?itok=vSZdcIvQ)
Field trip
![Context](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/contextsite_board_context.png?itok=Nnv7ARPd)
![Site analysis](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/contextsite_board_site_new.png?itok=AEELCA8N)
![Principal section, 1:100](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/concept_section_board-01.png?itok=XjTyBm_E)
![Site map, 1:5000](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/makoko1-1-5000-01.png?itok=siTk17Uo)
![Site plan, 1:500](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/site_whanyinna-01.png?itok=GFPF9COx)
![Two interventions: a hybrid typology & the new school](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/program_board-01.png?itok=PoKqWgkK)
Intervention #1
A Hybrid Typology
Intervention #2
The New School
![Planometric drawing of the new school](/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide/public/imported-file/section-images/planometrics_final_school.png?itok=CH_v95xW)
Full presentation
Full presentation
Det Kongelige Akademi understøtter FN’s verdensmål
Siden 2017 har Det Kongelige Akademi arbejdet med FN’s verdensmål. Det afspejler sig i forskning, undervisning og afgangsprojekter. Dette projekt har forholdt sig til følgende FN-mål![](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/taxonomy_term/field_images/un-goal-4-black.png?itok=ww0NKSL1)
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