dot.ateliers Artist Residency

Accra, Ghana, Africa

Completed · Cultural · Artist Residency And Studio · Tropical · 2022

A 560 m² artist residency in Accra's Osu waterfront neighbourhood built with a double-envelope rammed earth façade rising the full height of the building, using locally sourced earth to provide natural thermal mass and insulation in a hot-humid climate. The sawtooth roof admits controlled north light across studio spaces while the thick earth skin eliminates the need for mechanical cooling.

Innovation highlights

• Double-envelope rammed earth façade spanning full building height for thermal mass in hot-humid coastal climate
• Sawtooth roof geometry directing diffuse north-facing daylight into studios without solar heat gain
• All earth sourced locally, reconnecting to Ghana's traditional rammed-earth building tradition
• Passive cooling strategy eliminates mechanical air-conditioning in a humid tropical context
• Low-carbon construction process with minimal embodied energy relative to building programme

Client / Developer

Amoako Boafo / dot.ateliers

Architect

Adjaye Associates

Engineer

Not publicly identified

Type

Artist Residency and Studio

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