Kitoko… means « beauty » in Lingala (Congo’s dialect).
Every piece of architecture has to be « beautiful » and unique.
Beautiful, not just from an aesthetic point of view, but because it is harmoniously integrated into its urban, social and economic context ; beautiful as well thanks to the solutions it brings and finally, beautiful through the quality of its details.
Although beauty is a very subjective concept and architecture is a field unknown of certain, each one of us can still experiment and, therefore, appreciate a well-thought architecture. So, the search of a meaning is a one of the main factor which leads to beauty. Every piece of architecture can become beautiful through its meaning.
It is this search for meaning and solutions which directs our vision of architecture.