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Niamey 2000 Housing
Niamey 2000 Housing
Niamey, Niger
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Other Projects by Mariam Issoufou Architects
Niamey 2000 Housing
Niamey, Niger
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
The Niamey2000 Housing project responds to the housing and socio-economic conditions found in the city of Niamey. It proposes a new model that increases density in order to counter the city’s aggressive growth. Because towers and apartment buildings are not culturally appropriate and do not respond to the social norms of the country, they were not considered for this project. However, Niamey is a city of mostly one-story homes, and a certain degree of densification could easily be achieved by simply adding a story or two. In this context, going up in height and decreasing the typical building footprint dramatically increases the number of homes that can be built on a particular site. While this modest approach to increase the height of a typical home is new to Niamey, it takes its inspiration from pre-colonial cities in the region such as Timbuktu in Mali, Kano in Nigeria, or Zinder in Niger, which were all dense urban centers in their day. Their organic layouts of intricately intertwined homes were often two to three stories in height, while still managing to maintain a sense of privacy and intimacy. In addition to building economically, maintaining a sense of privacy is key to the project and is one of the central conceptual drivers. Niamey 2000 was shortlisted for the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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