Three of the most eloquent voices at the Venice Architecture Biennale addressed different aspects of the same question: Can architecture improve lives in Africa?
The first such voice belonged to Kunlé Adeyemi, the Nigerian architect who, at the behest of director Alejandro Aravena, built a replica of the Makoko Floating School, which Adeyemi created in 2013 for a watery slum in Lagos. In its current location, off the vast Arsenale where Venetians once built ships of war, this A-frame ship for learning is startlingly fitting.
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