Just off the coast of the picturesque Mindelo bay in the island of São Vicente of Cape Verde, West Africa, construction has been progressing fast at the site of the Floating Music Hub, NLÉ’s latest incarnation of the Amsterdam- and Lagos-based architecture studio’s Makoko Floating System (MFS™). The project, which is set to complete this winter, is designed to host a variety of activities around music and performance, enhancing the region’s cultural infrastructure and showcasing its rich creative output and heritage.
The elegant timber structure consists of three vessels of varying sizes, which will be anchored around a triangular floating public plaza, creating a little creative ‘village’. These distinct floating wings will host a multipurpose performance hall (in the MFS™ large), a professional recording studio (in MFS™ medium) and a service bar (in MFS™ small). They all feature the system’s signature triangular shape and pitched roof.
(Image credit: NLÉ)
The exciting scheme is championed by NLÉ principle and founder Kunlé Adeyemi and is a further development of his Makoko Floating System (MFS™), a prefabricated design engineered to higher performance specifications and quality for marine environments. The system was first launched to the public eye through the studio’s prototype project, the Makoko Floating School in Nigeria in 2012, and is conceived ‘to generate sustainable, ecological, alternative building systems and urban water cultures for the teeming population of Africa’s coastal regions,’ says the firm.
The concept has since been rigorously modified and perfected, with the Cape Verde’s upcoming completion marking the system’s first edition to be created in the Atlantic Ocean, a new territory for the team.
(Image credit: NLÉ)
(Image credit: NLÉ)
(Image credit: NLÉ)
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