Mboolo Center for Fair Trade and Exchange

Program: Mixed-Use / Hotel and Conference Center,
School and Eco Villas + Eco Workforce Housing
Location: Lac Rose, Senegal, West Africa
Sq. FT: 2,161,490
Status: Masterplanning and Feasibility Study

In partnership with Seydina Fall, FNA worked on a design for impact investment in the Lac Rose region of Senegal. Preliminary designs here are for a campus of buildings including; a mix of two- and three bedroom ecolodges, a hotel positioned in the midscale segment, a sustainability-focused conference center, an incubator/accelerator school focused on educating a new crop of craftsmen and entrepreneurs, and a workforce housing complex. Design & sketch charrette led by Christian Nyariki Oanda.

View of campus housing and hotel beyond.
Hotel
Performance Building
School building
Housing Typology I
Housing Typology II
Housing Typology III
Master plan for Site in Lac Rose, Senegal