Kampala, Uganda: a tour of tropical modernism Under a tree outside Uganda’s National Theatre sits architect Doreen Adengo, sheltering from the sun that beats down before heavy rain at this time of year. It’s here she begins her tours of African or “tropical” modernist buildings in Kampala’s central business district, aiming to increase awareness and appreciation of their architecture. She started last year, inspired by architect Manuel Herz’s book African Modernism – The Architecture of Independence, featuring buildings in Zambia, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Ghana. Herz’s work explores the politics behind these buildings – mainly constructed in the 50s and 60s – from colonial projects to nation-building for proud new African leaders. “The National Theatre fits with our equatorial climate,” says Adengo of the first stop on her tour. “The rings on the exterior stop the sun from going into the building directly, and it has double facades for ventilation.” This brise soleil is typical of Uganda’s modernist architecture: clever, free air conditioning. “Architects studied the sun path and wind patterns, and oriented buildings accordingly,” Adengo says. But while the Europeans who carefully designed these buildings considered the climate, Adengo says this typically western theatre didn’t adapt to African… Read full this story
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