Movement
African Futures Institute (AFI)
Explore in the Atlas →Postgraduate, non-accredited 'laboratory of the future' for architecture and the built environment, founded 2021 in Accra by Lesley Lokko with Sir David Adjaye; addressed to African and African-diaspora students; refuses Northern accreditation as a deliberate epistemic stance.
Pedagogy Country Migration
Details
- Origin
- Accra, Ghana
Connections
- opposes The Beaux-Arts method
Referenced by
- Lesley Lokko associated with
- Lesley Lokko founded
Sources
- African Futures Institute. Our Vision. 2024. https://www.africanfuturesinstitute.com/our-vision.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "African Futures Institute (AFI)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/african-futures-institute/. Accessed July 17, 2026.