MASS Design Group to Propose “Bauhaus of Africa” at UN Summit

In designing and building multiple successful public buildings in central Africa and around the world, MASS Design Group has employed and guided thousands of local craftsmen, curating the building process to inspire dignity. Now, they wish to help the African people obtain the skills necessary to guide the process themselves. At the United Nations Solutions Summit this Sunday Christian Benimana, a program director for the non-profit design studio, will present plans for what they are calling the “Bauhaus of Africa”: three “African Design Centers” to be built over the next 10 years in strategic locations throughout the continent. The design centers will house an education program tasked with training a new generation of African architects - a workforce certain to be indispensable as Africa enters a period of unprecedented urban growth.

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Cite: Patrick Lynch. "MASS Design Group to Propose “Bauhaus of Africa” at UN Summit" 25 Sep 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/774325/mass-design-group-to-propose-bauhaus-of-africa-at-un-summit> ISSN 0719-8884

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