Work

Makoko Floating School, Lagos

2013
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Floating timber A-frame structure on 256 plastic drums (designed 2011, built 2013); collapsed in a 2016 storm; iterated as MFS II at the 15th Venice Biennale 2016, awarded the Silver Lion.

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Details

Type
Project
Location
Lagos, Nigeria

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Makoko Floating School. 2013.
  2. Kunle Adeyemi / NLÉ Architects. Makoko Floating School. 2013. https://www.nleworks.com/case/makoko-floating-school/.
  3. Douglas Murphy. Makoko Floating School: Kunle Adeyemi and the Architecture of Lagos. 2016.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Makoko Floating School, Lagos." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-makoko-floating-school/. Accessed July 17, 2026.