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dot.ateliers|Ogbojo
dot.ateliers|Ogbojo
Accra, Ghana
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Other Projects by DeRoché Strohmayer
dot.ateliers|Ogbojo
Accra, Ghana
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
Among the production-led artist residencies that have recently emerged across West Africa, dot.ateliers|Ogbojo in Accra, Ghana, has set itself apart by focusing on rest and reflection. This oasis located in the outskirts of the city combines living and informal collaborative workspaces with nature, contributing to a holistic approach toward creativity.
Designed to be a place of respite and regeneration, this adaptive reuse project is characterized by courtyards and voids on all scales, creating spaces of calm and varying levels of privacy within an otherwise heterogeneous, dynamic urban context. The architectural expression of dot.ateliers|Ogbojo balances the institutional and domestic characters of the brief through a strategic massing, lush pockets of vegetation, and refined finishes. The massing of the project keeps the existing building where it is, while a series of ancillary structures have been added to complete the programme. The old and new structures are tied together through lush gardens and a new canopy that promotes outdoor living in the tropics. The canopy also defines the central courtyard, which is used flexibly by the residents and guests for contemplation, leisure, and hosting large communal dinners for like-minded creatives and thinkers. The articulation of the interiors has been carefully crafted to allow for a seamless flow from room to room.
Each room on the ground floor is framed by an external view – a picture window – of the many themed landscapes that surround the main building, allowing for continual connection to nature as one moves from the exterior to the interior. The existing two-story structure was retained, housing all of the communal programs, such as living, library, gym and kitchen on the ground floor and private, ensuite rooms on the first floor. The building not only frames views to the gardens, but also to the sky through a series of light shafts that permeate the building interiors and exteriors at various locations and depths, allowing for an abundance of light without any direct heat gain.
Designed to be a place of respite and regeneration, this adaptive reuse project is characterized by courtyards and voids on all scales, creating spaces of calm and varying levels of privacy within an otherwise heterogeneous, dynamic urban context. The architectural expression of dot.ateliers|Ogbojo balances the institutional and domestic characters of the brief through a strategic massing, lush pockets of vegetation, and refined finishes. The massing of the project keeps the existing building where it is, while a series of ancillary structures have been added to complete the programme. The old and new structures are tied together through lush gardens and a new canopy that promotes outdoor living in the tropics. The canopy also defines the central courtyard, which is used flexibly by the residents and guests for contemplation, leisure, and hosting large communal dinners for like-minded creatives and thinkers. The articulation of the interiors has been carefully crafted to allow for a seamless flow from room to room.
Each room on the ground floor is framed by an external view – a picture window – of the many themed landscapes that surround the main building, allowing for continual connection to nature as one moves from the exterior to the interior. The existing two-story structure was retained, housing all of the communal programs, such as living, library, gym and kitchen on the ground floor and private, ensuite rooms on the first floor. The building not only frames views to the gardens, but also to the sky through a series of light shafts that permeate the building interiors and exteriors at various locations and depths, allowing for an abundance of light without any direct heat gain.
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