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Post by Nka on Aug 29, 2016 18:06:26 GMT -6
SUBMITTED DESIGN ENTRIES
2017 Land Art Competition
Nka Foundation Announces the Result of the 2017 Land Art Competition for Ghana
The 1st prize winning entry is Earth Archive Project by Yusuke Suzuki and Léo Allègre of Yusuke Suzuki Design Office in Japan; the 2nd prize goes to Nonenegligible Village by the Urban Active Space Research Studio involving Team Members: Ruixuan Li, Jiazi Zhang, Qiuming Dong, Rui Xu, Ying Zheng, Xiaoming Wang, Ziyi Zhao, Yanying Zhao, Yuxiang Zhang, Na Li, Henan Wang, Pengzhe He at Dalian polytechnic University in China; and the 3rd prize is awarded to Ashanti Domino by the design team of Sara Arfaian, Junko Yamamoto and Jenny Zhan in USA. Seven Honorable Mention were awarded to Fabric Shelter by Federica Crnjar and Silvia Invernizzi of Studio'dragora in Italy; Pesú by Lewis Haig, Eladio Hernando and Fergus McCarthy of Spackman Mossop Michaels in Australia, Enternity Ground by Karolina Porada at the Cracow University of Technology in Poland; Never Seven by Hiroshi Ichikawa, a graduate student at Chiba University in Japan; Builder Nature by Saeid Alitajer, an Asistant Professor at Bu-Ali Sina University in Iran; Ghana Must Go by Pedro Silmon, a UK-based, independent, cross-disciplinary creative; and Half Sun I Full Moon by the team of Iulia Elena Popescu, Andra Samiș and Greta Samiș in Romania. On this page, you can scroll down to see the submitted entries and you can download large files on the entries here: yadi.sk/d/n5NbGgiu3EBUV7 And see the press release: www.prlog.org/12636323.html
1st prize winner, Earth Archive Project by Yusuke Suzuki and Léo Allègre of Yusuke Suzuki Design Office in Japan
 2nd prize, Nonenegligible Village by the Urban Active Space Research Studio at Dalian polytechnic University in China  3rd prize, Ashanti Domino by the design team of Sara Arfaian, Junko Yamamoto and Jenny Zhan in USA
Through the 2017 Land Art Competition, Nka Foundation issued a challenge to creative practitioners and organizations dedicated to community placemaking. The competition was open to landscape architects, artists, curators, designers, architects, urban planners, structural engineers, university students and others from around the world to submit ideas for large-scale and site-specific public art installations based on site in rural Ghana. The submitted entries could be functional or nonfunctional works but must aim at creating a truly unique experience that becomes emblematic of what an arts village is and how it needs to function as a PLACE. The creators of each shortlisted entry are offered the opportunity to collaborate with Nka Foundation to organize a workshop to realize their project on site in Ghana to be exhibited as site-specific public art installations at Abetenim Arts Village in Ghana. The arts village is designed as a vocational learning center to provide relational spaces for creative people from the region and other countries to live, work, learn and create.
The selection jury consists of Hsu-Jen Huang, PhD and Professor in the Department of Architecture, School of Building Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA; Ingrid Lenz, Writer in Munich, Germany; Antonio Manfredi, Curator, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Casoria, Naples, Italy; Moyo Okediji, PhD and Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas in Austin, TX; and Sabine Tastel, Architect and Urban Planner teaching international urbanism at KIT in Germany. The jurors used judging criteria involving functionality, aesthetics and technical matter to evaluate all entries in the contest. Prizes for first, second and third place consist of a commemorative certificate and a choice of cash reward or construction of winning design in Ghana.
WHAT IS NEXT? As the construction of the best design entries is our priority, from February 2017 to July 2019, we are collaborating with some of the design teams in the competition and our partners to organize land art workshops to build the design entries at Abetenim in Ghana. The workshop to construct the 1st prize winning entry, Earth Archive Project by Yusuke Suzuki and Léo Allègre in Japan will be held from February 1st to March 22nd, 2018. The workshop to realize the 3rd prize winning entry, Ashanti Domino by the design team of Sara Arfaian, Junko Yamamoto and Jenny Zhan in USA will be from February 1st to March 22nd in 2018. Whereas, workshops to realize some of the entries that were awarded Honorable Mention will run as follows: Ghana Must Go by Pedro Silmon in the UK will be from February 1st to March 22nd, 2018; Eternity Ground by Karolina Porada in Poland will be held from April 4th to May 23rd, 2018; Never Seen by Hiroshi Ichikawa in Japan will run from July 1st to August 25th 2018; and and Pesú by Lewis Haig, Eladio Hernando and Fergus McCarthy in Australia will be from July 3rd to 31st, 2018. More workshops will be added to the list. Through an open call for participation, each workshop will bring together students and recent graduates of architecture, landscape architecture, design, urban planning and others from around the world to join the workshop and play a part in line with their expertise.
THE BUILDING CHALLENGE! The Land Art Workshop is designed as a group residency to bring together creative persons from different cultures to immerse in the local Ashanti culture and help build the entry to the 2017 Land Art Competition. During the residency, each participant will be assigned a part in the project process, and participant will use the rest of the period to create own works. Selection of participants will be through an open call for participants. The programme aims to foster collaborations for cross-fertilization of skills and knowledge among the international participants. Most evenings will be used for reviewing workshop progress along with informal discussions and digital presentations of portfolios by workshop leaders and participants. The workshop will end with a Community Day, a public celebration of the completed project by way of open house exhibition of the products of the workshop, public performances, and foods.
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Post by zahrahajibabaii on Feb 12, 2017 12:03:29 GMT -6
Entry #577050537
BUILDER NATURE
DESIGN STATEMENT
Organization and unity existing in the context and space is an important factor in peoples’ perception of and connection to them. Due to some disorderliness in the site in terms of arrangement of the buildings, the designing team suggests to organize this space as a pattern including sign and function.
Sign as an indicator at the center of Art village
Function as the relation a community
Relation, acts as organizing the commuting path and motion flow and community as an organizing center. This center also acts as a public space having the rituals and local dances within itself The design has been done by means of local materials existing in the region which can be defined as a regional art in line with the life of the people in the village.
The material includes beaten soil, wood, and climbing plants. Climbing plants in this design act as a fundamental element since due to the low budget allocated to the project, we are depended on the plants to go on the next stages and complete the case so that the nature can complete the design.
Budget
Structure : 1500 $ Walls & Foundations : 1000 $ Ground : 500$ Roofing : nature (climbing plants) TOTAL COST : 3000 $ |
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Post by Nka on Feb 12, 2017 13:16:51 GMT -6
Entry #590338273 CHESSPOINT CHARLIE
DESIGN STATEMENT
Checkpoint Charlie was the name of the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point during the Cold War, a symbol of a divided world.
Chesspoint Charlie is a joyful meeting point of people from different cultures.
Every town and village needs a community space.
Playing games is a kind of common language, and the best way to build communities.
My work combines a community space, a giant board for chess, moreover a stage for performances.
The raised level of the outside checkerboard is surrounded by four long agrillaceous wall-seats. The back-rests, which are painted by traditional Ghanian patterns, save and close a bit this community space.
The basic structures of the giant chess-men is made by the technique of basketwork partly covered by red loam and painted by different traditional Ghanaian patterns. One set of chess-men is painted black-and-red, and the other set black-and-white.
Four tree-trunks are holding the thatched roof against sun and rain.
A checkerboard with 64 squares can be used for playing dozens of games. So later, the opportunities can be enriched with sets of other games designed by different artists of different cultures.
I would like to use local materials and methods. I don’t know the Ghanian prices exactly, but 3000 Dollars must be enough.
2 carpenters for 7 days 150
2 skilled, 3 unskilled laborers (loam work) for 7 days 300
4 busket-work makers for 9 days 360
4 painters for 4 days 240
Local laborars about 1000 Dollars
heavy wood beam 100
framing lumber 700
paint 200
Materials about 1000 Dollars
+ 17 m3 red loam, four tree-trunks, 65 m2 thatched-roof, transport
about 1000 Dollars
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Post by Nka on Feb 12, 2017 13:24:55 GMT -6
Entry #572372805
NONENEGLIGIBLE VILLAGE
DESIGN STATEMENT The main source of the design origin is the local traditional pattern (“Strength” and “Energy”) and EI Anatsui’ art works. The contrast of the inside and outside of the space hinted the gap between ideal and reality. Meanwhile the art space tries to meet some functions: villagers’ leisure and parties, children’s amusement and festival activities. We try to create a bright, colorful, gameplay space for Ghanaian villagers to participate in. Bamboo, wood, stone, clay, shell, plastic ropes, cacao shell as raw materials will be used to build the space by primitive and simple process.
The construction cost will be controlled less than 2705 dollars.
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Post by 585336352 on Feb 13, 2017 6:00:23 GMT -6
Entry #585336352Arts Village Weavers
Design Statement
Getting inspired from nature - a specific bird in Ghana, the land art would be constructed as a group of nests linked together in an organic form in the Abetenim Arts Village. Village Weaver - is a weaver bird living in Ghana which is a great architect in nature for its own nest. Unlike other birds, village weavers always construct in group, like a sociable weaver.
This Land Art could allow people to gather, socialize and enjoy the space within. In Ghana, the daylength is long, usually around 12 hours per day throughout the year. The opening of each nest faces different angles of sun of the day, from sunrise to sunset, people could stay inside each nest for gathering in different time experiencing different sunlight, and be an arts village weaver.
Material Description
Local Wood would be the main source of material for the project.
Budget in USD:
Foundation (simple fixing on ground) : 500
Wood: 1000
Miscellaneous (e.g. Tools) : 300
Labor Cost (Skilled and Unskilled): $1200
Volunteers $0
TOTAL: $3000
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Post by ginko on Feb 13, 2017 6:35:26 GMT -6
Entry # 589105199 MOBILE GARDEN VEGETABLE GARDEN, to make vegetable gardens easily accessible to everyone; ECO-DESIGN, for the recovery of abandoned containers; CREATIVITY, for the use of patterns and colors typical of the tradition of the place; UNIFY, for the involvement of young people from the various surrounding villages. The installation consists of several gardens furniture, made with recovered or reclaimed cans for an ecological use, which will produce various type of vegetables. These containers will be coated by art works with patterns and colors from the local tradition, made from natural materials such as colored raffia (Raphia farinifera, Raphia vinifera) and the ‘elephant grass’ (Pennisetum purpureum), intertwined with pieces of african batik and plastic bags, applying the old technique used to make the fabrics for ceremonies. To perform these activities there will be workshops run by local craftsmen and artists, not only in the center of Abetenim Art Village but also involving the rural areas of the Ashanti region, to create a network between the various villages. Enhance creativity by linking local traditional skills with new generations (60% of the Ghanaian population is under 25 years), will create the possibility to preserve an important cultural and craft heritage. Budget indicativeThe cost of the installation is determined by the labor of the artisans, especially by the amount of time that will be used to realize the decorative panels. The materials used will be cheap, because derived from the recycling of regenerated waste. About 1500 $ |
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Post by 592055222 on Feb 13, 2017 9:11:53 GMT -6
Entry # 592055222 The proposal is a wooden structure made of a single repeated element organised in a system creating rounded playful forms and spaces. Visitors will have the possibility of going inside to experience the diffuse spatiality while still being in contact with the surrounding environment.
The structure can appear both irregular and also repetitive depending on the perspective and may reveal different spatial patterns as visitors encounter the pavilion.
The proposal is made out of wood in local standardized dimensions which is saw and put together into a simple repeatable element.
Because of the simple structure the pavilion will be adjustable to size and shape while also being easy to assemble.
BUDGET
Wood 1200 USD (depending on size and shape)
Carpenters 250 USD (five workers for 5 days)
Extra help for assembly 200 USD (For assembly)
Cement 100 USD (for foundations)
Total 1750 USD
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Post by ulf on Feb 13, 2017 10:05:14 GMT -6
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Post by Nka on Feb 13, 2017 10:10:36 GMT -6
Entry # 591979198 PIPE3
DESIGN STATEMENT
Serving as a place of contemplation within the rich natural landscape of Abetenim Arts Village in Ghana, Pipe3 provides opportunities for intimate collaboration or personal reflection. As participants move through the pavilion, their perspective shifts between obscurity and clarity. The dense matrix of polyvinylchloride [PVC] pipes creates a forest-like screen to enclose the collaborators while inviting public interaction. By selecting a material that can withstand the extreme weather patterns of the region, the project comes to represent an eternal forest. The system used to construct the pavilion allows for ease of transportation and assembly, as the material is extremely lightweight and can be packed flat. The modular, prefabricated kit of parts allows the project to be replicated or expanded as needed for numerous functions. Thus, the system can be assembled in a matter of hours and deployed as needed throughout Abetenim Arts Village. Costing only four hundred US dollars, for material, the system represented in our photographs is an extremely affordable solution to create possibilities for discovery, collaboration, and growth.
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Post by 590219977 on Feb 13, 2017 17:00:10 GMT -6
Entry # 590219977 The Design Statement
The idea of the project contains two types of different landscapes which are connected inseparably in the shape of eternity sign . The northern site with almost no trees contains vast lawn and plaza with ‘sound bamboo tubes’ - the landscape shall remind the visitor of a desert, as a place with the minimum amount of living organisms. The southern site is full of trees - there’s a hurst and a ‘tree of life’ surrounded by a slope. The main idea of installation shows the transition between life and death and how it is connected and inseparable in the cycle of nature.
There are five material used in the project, those are: local stone, bamboo poles, gravel, ground and plants (tree and decorative grasses).
Cost of a building:
30 meters of retaining walls – 1000$
30 bamboo poles with foundations – 200$
Ground bringing – 400$
Gravel and stone for paving – 700$
Plants – 50$
Stone seats – 300$
Work of 10 laborers for 3 days – 300$
Sum: 2950$
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Post by kevinf on Feb 14, 2017 5:19:44 GMT -6
Entry # 579814207 Crossroads
A series of ramps and stairs gently descend beneath two intersecting earth tile vaults that rise up to form a space that offers shade and invites passers-by to sit down.The intention is to create a space that is in communion with nature and allows the contemplation of it. The structures are drawn from an ancient tradition of Catalan vaulting while recent precedent comes from the Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa. The tiles are made with a mix of local soil with 5% cement to create compressed earth tiles. The machine to press the bricks is manufactured in South Africa and will cost the entire budget. However, the benefit on this investment will not be limited to this project alone. Local builders will be trained and empowered to make bricks during construction and this will leave a viable and sustainable legacy to the community once the project is complete.
Hydraform M9 Compact machine: $3000
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Post by nuno on Feb 14, 2017 11:45:42 GMT -6
Entry # 589730336 EARTH ATMOSPHERE
A reference point on the landscape to be installed on the borders of the village, made with rammed earth.
DESIGN STATEMENT
A meditation and reflexion place. A tower for introspection with a special focus on the element earth, not only as the most common construction material in the area, but especially as a physical place and part of nature. In contrast with the smooth surfaces of the exterior, the natural lighting from the top, emphasizes the raw earth surfaces on the interior, giving the visitor a vision about the element earth in his pure state, creating an unique atmosphere.
From the technical point of view, this construction explores the potential of rammed earth with a new plasticity and texture as a result of an experimental methodology. With a perimetral formwork, the earth is compacted only on the borders, leaving the center with uncompacted earth. When finished, this uncompacted earth will be removed creating then the interior space with a raw surface.
Process:
- 1st week: Forms, foundations and earth preparation
- 2nd, 3th and 4th weeks: Walls, rammed earth
- 5th week: empty the uncompacted earth and top protection.
Materials:
- Wood (for the formwork) - 500$
- Earth (rammed earth) - free
- Stones (for the fuondation) - 100$
- Straw (top protection) - 65$
- Extra costs - 250$
People (for 5 weeks):
- 1 carpenter - 350$
- 2 skilled labor (earth work)- 700$
- 3 helpers (earth work) - 735$
- helpers in workshop mode - free
TOTAL COST: 2700$
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Post by Nka on Feb 14, 2017 14:20:47 GMT -6
Entry # 591964745
DESIGN STATEMENT
Piled up in airport arrival halls, or stacked on luggage trolleys at train stations
– the major cities of the world are full of fleeing people weighed down by
them – the ubiquitous Ghana Must Go bag, a universal symbol of desperate
flight from political strife, particularly apposite here, in light of the expulsions
of immigrants that Ghana and Nigeria engaged in from the 1960s to the
1980s, is 'symbolically' granted a permanent home at Abetenim Arts Village.
A modest, sculptural assemblage in the form of a ziggurat made up of
numerous, identical cast concrete GMG bags, their exposed surfaces
painted with the characteristic and unmistakable plaid pattern, fixed to a
reinforced concrete plinth, is installed in one of the many recreational areas
or, preferably, built between the island and the west bank of The Great Pond,
where it can be reached via rows of pairs of stepping-stone bags.
Thus immortalised, no longer redolent of fraught despair and dispersal, the
bags are transformed into the constituent elements of a leisure amenity that can be used for relaxation and peaceful gatherings of Village inhabitants.
BUDGET
Budget total $2940
Building requirement
Ziggurat construction comprised of fine concrete blocks cast from GMG bags on coarse concrete foundation plinth
*Materials
Sand $60 per truckload
Cement $10.50 per bag
(NB As fine concrete is required for visible section of the construction
Portland cement is recommended. Roughly same price as ordinary cement)
Aggregate (gravel) $100 per truckload *Labour
$10 skilled per day
$ 07 unskilled per day
*Basic cost guide source: NKA Projects Q&A page
GMG bags for casting
(Retail prices vary enormously – around $3 per bag average.
Almost certainly cheaper to buy locally in Ghana, and in bulk.
Lots of variation in available sizes. 50cm high x 60 wide x 25 deep, most suitable found.
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NB Should be possible to re-use bags several times by opening and closing base of each)
100 x GMG bags $300
Ziggurat
Comprising 240 concrete blocks cast from 240 GMG bags
Concrete mix for blocks: 1• 5 sand to 1 Portland cement
1 x truckload sand $60
120 x 50 kg bags Portland cement $1260
Order #591964745/ Budget continued
Foundation
(Equivalent to 128 GMG bags)
Coarse concrete mix: 5 Sand to 1 cement + Aggregate
1 x truckload sand $60
64 x 50kg bags cement $670
1 x truckload aggregate $100
Labour
Clear site, dig and lay concrete foundation
7 days x skilled labour
7 days x unskilled labour $120
Mix concrete + create and clean up blocks + assemble ziggurat
20 days x skilled labour
20 days x unskilled labour $340
Block painting
3 days x skilled labour $30
Total $2940
Order #591964745/ Budget continued
Pond version
NB Until the site is properly examined it is impossible to attempt an accurate estimate of costs, but this version would undoubtedly be more expensive than the land-based one. However, in both cases, costings are based on retail prices of materials. Substantial savings should be possible on prices for large orders of cement and of GMG bags, thus also bringing this version within the $3000 budget.
Ziggurat
Comprising 240 concrete blocks cast from 240 GMG bags
Concrete mix for blocks: 1• 5 sand to 1 Portland cement
Materials
1 x truckload sand $60
120 x 50kg bags Portland cement $1260
GMG bags for casting
100 x GMG bags $300
Foundation
(Equivalent to 128 GMG bags)
Coarse concrete mix: 5 Sand to 1 cement + Aggregate
1 x truckload sand $60
64 x 50kg bags cement $670
1 x truckload aggregate $100
Stepping-stones
(Approx equivalent of 32 GMG bags for stepping-stones
+ foundations for each)
32 x 50kg bags cement $336
Labour
Prepare site, insert concrete foundations
10 days x skilled labour
10 days x unskilled labour $170
Mix concrete + create and clean up blocks + assemble ziggurat
20 days x skilled labour
20 days x unskilled labour $340
Paint blocks
3 days x skilled labour $30
NB Use remainder of sand and aggregate left over from ziggurat construction
Total $3326
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Post by Nka on Feb 14, 2017 20:11:58 GMT -6
Entry # 582728815
WEAVING OF LIGHT
 Enhance the understanding of the relationship between man and nature, and Ghana to re-examine traditional weaving culture for the influence of site known as the focus of this design. Through the investigation of Ghana climate, although in the tropics area, Ghana annual sunny days proportion accounted for a small proportion and Partly cloudy, Overcast Days have a high percentage. Based on the analysis of the Ghana weaving culture, in the hope that the relationship between the change of light and shadow into the local culture. People can not only enjoy the interesting light space, but also can understand Ghana weaving culture in a novel way.Investigating the structure of bamboo and aesthetics is popular among the Ghanaian and famous for its strong toughness. We hope mainly focus on bamboo structure material, focus on traditional cord or cloth woven material. Color more use of Ghana traditional color of yellow and red.
In our design, we use the local traditional materials with the traditional bamboo weaving materials and construct light space geometric form. Extracting and reference tradition woven form.Reviewing this natural light and shadow relationship in Ghana traditional weaving the reflection of culture. In the days of sunshine people experience light space at the same time, also can understand Ghana traditional culture. When the sun mapping on land art, part of the light will be blocked by a variety of woven material and the other part of light mapping through on the land, then showing a variety of traditional patterns of Ghana. Made in natural light is a combination of patterns with local culture.
Rope and cloth Patterns: 1000$
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Post by rui on Feb 15, 2017 3:43:09 GMT -6
NKA ARTSCAPE #569390867 ![]()  Design Brief: Textiles have been an integral part of human social and cultural development throughout the world from as early as 50,000 years ago1. According to YNFX YarnsandFibers.com, the textile industry in Uganda, which was once a thriving sector of the economy is now facing stiff competition from businesses largely from Asia and the Middle East. The brief for a land art proposal for the NKA competition, brought forth the idea of combining textiles and sculptural mounds that are appreciated in the round. Each mound, defined by different geometric patterns and Kente colours common to African textiles, would in turn define different spatial uses throughout the site and eventually amalgamating to form the creative institution of NKA. Each of the pattern with its unique meaning is expressed in three dimensional geometric panels formed from laser cut MDF boards. The mounds are kept to a human scale, to not overwhelm the site. While the mounds form a permanent structure on site, the panels have the versatility to be removed for different pattern replacements or be removed for maintenance. Like the fabric that is worn, these textile inspired shapes can be exchanged, removed and upgraded. Budget: Mounds using local mud brick and concrete foundation, including labour: 1500$ MDF Laser cut screens 500$ for materials Carpenters and painters $500 Miscellaneous for unaccounted costs $500 Mounds using local mud brick and concrete foundation, including labour: $1500 MDF Laser cut screens: $500 Carpenters and painters: $500 Miscellaneous for unaccounted costs: $500 |
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Post by katongo on Feb 15, 2017 6:13:21 GMT -6
Entry # 573369364
Design Statement
The design is a land space art that represents art, cultural heritage and the undying fire of the people. After looking at the site we made three main areas in the site and gave them circular spaces, each with a something interesting at the center. Cultural paintings and symbols can be added. The idea is to carve them into cement around the centers of the circular spaces. In the biggest circular space, at the center it has an outdoor auditorium which also works as a bonfire. This large space is expected to bring people together. People could perform on stage and also sit and dance around the bonfire. The pathways have are filled with small stones that can be used by vehicle or pedestrians. The stones can also make irrigation easier and prevents muddy roads. The stones of different color can be place nicely in order to give the site more beauty. Chord stacks can be placed around the site in order to feel the shape.
Budget ($)
Labor 1200
Materials
Wood (can be obtained on site)
Wood (for furnishing) 20
Stones (of different color) 1250
Cement 50
Total 2543
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Post by sil on Feb 15, 2017 7:03:46 GMT -6
Entry #591842357 THE FABRIC SHELTER
DESIGN STATEMENT
Halfway between a fresh tunnel and a green roof. Halfway between a shading fabric a colored field. The structure is made by wooden boards connected each other. The shape of the structure is an arch and it also looks like a portal. It supports jute sacks filled with soil. On each sack grows a different species of Sedum.
The composition of different species and colors makes a pattern that looks like a typical Ghanaian fabric: the Kente fabric. Between the sacks and the structure there is a steel net. It supports the sacks which are also sewed to it.
We would like that our land art work could help to spread the “green roof culture” to increase the comfort of living and to reduce the energy consumption. In this way we would like to talk about sustainability.
Budget:
1 Local skilled laborer x 10 days = 100$
3 unskilled laborers x 10 days = 210$
Heavy wood beams: 1200$
Bags of cement: 150$
Jute sacks: 130$
Soil: 100$
Seeds: 70$
Metal ware: 500$
Total: 2460$
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Post by katongo on Feb 15, 2017 7:23:38 GMT -6
entry number 569431900
Design Statement
The Main idea of the design was to use the site and the current buildings as the main element
Of the land art this was done by offsetting the footprint of the building on the site by 1.8 meters long creating a belt around each of the buildings
Which is filled with another element to create various small functional spaces all around the created belts, the element used is dry bamboo stick which are locally available and affordable
The different bamboo sticks are arranged in a pattern to create spaces between them hence allowing
Multiple functions all around the site, the belt is also equipped with a rain water collection system
And the different bamboo sticks are painted with various cultural images by local artist
To in hence and highlight the artistic nature of the village
Budget
ITEM NUMBER PRICE EACH TOTAL PRICE
labors 15MEN 100usd 1500usd
Wood On site On site 200usd
Cement 10 bags 20usd 200usd
Stones 1500stones 20cents 300usd
Paint 20 gallons 10usd 200usd
Total cost 2400$
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Post by 591697260 on Feb 15, 2017 12:18:24 GMT -6
Entry #: 591697260
 [Statement]ASHANTI DOMINOA rectangular void is dug on the ground. With the removed earth, we propose a wall, roughly the size of a domestic partition, using the construction technique of rammed earth. Often times, land art introduces a foreign entity or removes something from the site creating an aggressive displacement. Here the earth taken is simply put back next to the void vertically as a singular element of architectural delineation, bearing openings of door and windows. One side of the wall is the negative space on the ground, the other side is an array of the cutouts from the wall, creating the Ashanti Domino. The wall and the cutouts are painted in patterns similar to the facade of a gurunsi house. The wall together with the displaced pieces simply provide shade during the day, a ledge to sit on, an appealing graphic to look at, a shelf to place a plant - pleasant but unsignifying. The negative space in the earth from which the rammed-earth wall is formed is a place of gathering under shade of the wall. Then, a glimpse of the wall from a certain angle. The wall and the cutouts at a distance align, and the graphic is made whole. The completed graphic ambiguously recalls that icon of modernism - the maison domino - abstracted, barely evoked. Modernism painted onto Africa, and Africa which inspired that very Modernism and that very author, Le Corbusier, to begin with. In 1956 Ghana declared independence. But what, exactly, is independence? How does one reconcile African and Modern? The questions are rippled in the Ashanti Domino.  Attachments:
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Post by alice1 on Feb 15, 2017 13:16:07 GMT -6
Entry # 590139033
THE TRIO PATH
CONCEPT STATEMENT
For our Land Art Architecture, we wanted to create a lightweight structure that encourages social interactions within the local community. Using locally sourced materials such as wood, rope, and traditional mud construction, the new land art architecture will allow people to naturally circle through and have a place to rest.
The structure is build with locally sourced materials, ropes, locally sourced wood, and traditional red mud forming techniques. The structure truly represent the culture of the surrounding site, and respect the existing architecture.
BUDGET
Wood: $800
Red Mud: $ 500
Rope: $200
Labor Cost: $600 (6 skilled workers for 10 days)
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Post by 591806233 on Feb 15, 2017 13:34:12 GMT -6
Entry #591806233
SHADOW SQUARE
DESIGN STATEMENT
We create here a gathering place whose ambition is to be as pedagogical as it is inspiring.
Central :
The project draws a centrality in the art’s village. The place belongs to no one and has no defined use. It is a shared shadow allowing all practices. It was designed as a refreshing meeting place protecting from sunlight and rain. Its pure form allows many uses : relaxation, chatting, brainstorming, lectures… Everyone can take advantage of it!
Inspiring :
It is an innovative construction that combines tradition and modernity. To avoid unecological metal roof, it uses vernacular Nubian vault construction system and reinterpret it as a contemporary shape. It also has a pedagogical purpose through a collaborative construction phase. Question of reinterpretation is central in art and we hope this building will be inspiring.
Sustainable :
Materials used for construction are mostly locally sourced and handmade extracted and transformed. The whole building is in bricks made from mud excavated on construction site, either raw or cooked. A waterproof lime covers roof, which protects raw mud from rain. A drain that protects from water infiltration surrounds the pavilion. The workforce represents almost half the building costs.
Building cost :
• Materials
Local source :
- Hand pressed bricks
- Fired mud bricks
- Mud coating
- Water
External source :
- Gravels
- White lime
- Blue coating 1400 $
• Workforce
15 day for 2 skilled laborer and 8 unskilled laborer 1100 $
• 5 years maintenance 300 $
TOTAL = 2800 $
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Post by 583698467 on Feb 15, 2017 16:45:52 GMT -6
Project Description
WASTE TO WEAVING rethinks how we use waste and interact with public art. Its simple, innovative design gives shape to various intentional goals: • ENVIRONMENTAL: to bring awareness to harmful waste management practices and their impact on the local environment and health of communities in Ghana and beyond • ARTISTIC: to provide a platform that supports local art practices, such as weaving, yet uses post consumer materials like plastic bags that would otherwise end up as waste • COMMUNITY: to encourage local community participation in the installation • FUNCTIONALITY: to provide modular, and moveable spaces for uses, including meetings, workshops, exhibitions, local agricultural practices and sun protection WASTE TO WEAVING is a series of 2.5m x 2.5m panels made from locally-sourced wood. The panels vary, some threaded with heavy gauge nylon filament (typically used for fishing line) with patterns that replicate Adinkra symbols, while others are equipped with fittings to create a large-scale outdoor loom, or ‘weaveboard', so patterns can take form through community participation. Project Budget
Materials 2.5m x 2.5m wood panels $70 Heavy gauge nylon filament $25 Wood fittings $20 Plastic bags $0
Labor 4 Laborers $40 Cost / panel (USD) $155 Attachments:
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Post by pesu on Feb 15, 2017 17:14:15 GMT -6
Entry #568946806 Pesú
DESIGN STATEMENT
From the beginning, Pesú is an unassuming landform with no guided path to follow a journey you take on your own.
You explore the landform and discover the protective, sunken NEST within the hill.
Once inside, you are surrounded by a protective barrier - mentally, spiritually, physically - a NEST within the EARTH.
There’s a recognition within the space that you have found your place in the universe and our small planet is in DANGER.
Pesú shows us that the EARTH is our hidden NEST.
The contrast in topography allows viewers to peer into, or look out from within the sculpture. The vibrant red bamboo symbolises the trauma caused to the earth by humankind and the depression into the ground further emphasis our footprint on the planet.
It has always been here to protect us, too feed and nurture us but the unsustainable development of our civilisation has had dire consequences for this planet/nest we share.
It is in DANGER.
MATERIALS PALETTE
: Inspired by the natural character there are no extraneous finishes.
Comprised of just what you see - Earth, Steel, Bamboo.
Bamboo sourced from Ghana: $800
Primer and Red paint for bamboo: $350
Steel lintel bracket: $250
Local labour for digging and rammed earth construction technique, lunch and equipment for workers: Remainder of funds ($1600)
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Post by rakietou on Feb 15, 2017 18:01:19 GMT -6
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Design StatementThe proposal has a dual character depending on the way it is perceived during day or night time. Throughout the day it is understood as a tangible earth sculpture, while at night it is an ephemeral space, shaped by light. In the daytime a massive artificial hill shaped as a semi-circle slope created out of the laterite soil rises up from it’s negative, an excavated semi-circle. A path rigorously cut out of the earth sculpture brings people into a limitless space, defined only in the dark. This project, a lost shape in nature, gets to make sense only in the night when it transforms itself into a place for the community. The primary geometry of the land art brings a ceremonial atmosphere to it and converts the space in a ritual place. As any man-made thing, this land art is incomplete as it can never reach perfection, a quality found only in nature. Construction stages: 1. excavating the laterite soil ![]() ![]() 2. constructing the artificial slope out of the previously excavated soil by compacting it and shaping it using frames of lumber 3. creating the circle of light using semi-buried stones painted with phosphorescent paint which glows in the dark Dimensions : excavated semicircle: diametre =30m maximum depth= 1m built semicircle : diametre=15m maximum hight=3m path: width=1m BudgetMaterials: - framing lumber- approx. 170 linear meters - approx. 500 $ - heavy wood beam- 25 linear meters - approx. 150 $ - phosphorescent paint- Green Super Phos Glow in the Dark Paint - approx. 3 litres - 300 $ Labour (for 30 days): - one skilled worker – 300 $ - three unskilled workers – 630 $ - + volunteers Machines: -bulldozer – 1000 $ Total: approx. 2 880 $ |
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Post by Nka on Feb 15, 2017 18:13:05 GMT -6
Entry # 588472197
THE SAND CASTLE
DESIGN STATEMENT
As a single structure, this project is an ode to the earth. Consisting of columns of different heights that rise proudly, it stands like a forest and becomes a landmark in the village. Its circular forms are reminiscent of those of traditional huts. The project is a showcase of the antagonism between the pedestals of the columns that enclose visitors in narrow interiors and the peaks that open onto the infinite landscape.
The base of the columns creates huts of different diameters. Each hut offers a one of a kind sensory and architectural experience, with lightwells and varying heights. The galleries will be used to host exhibitions. Above the galleries, visitors will be able to access belvederes on the rooftops through stairs in the central column. The terraces will allow you to enjoy several views, and the panorama takes place over 360 degrees at different heights.
The project will be built out of earth, using the adobe technique. This technique is ideal for pinpointing the huge features sought after for the columns. Playful, the installation fits perfectly into its context. A real work of art, it not only allows to make temporary exhibitions, but also to appreciate the architecture and landscape of the village of Abetenim, a frontline in earth architecture.
The project meets the budget of 3,000 $.
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Post by moyasun on Feb 15, 2017 21:00:37 GMT -6
 #577194472 MUD IN HAND -portable land art -interactive installation -indexical sculpture -collective identity SITE: The installation/event requires the participant of local individual and other individuals visiting the art villege. Site and scale of the collective installation is flexible according to situation. On the board, there are several options for the arrangement. 1. collect into a garden space 2. arrange into a linear structure 3. integrate with space design, forming a memorial & educational space. 4. combine with furniture, using as a gabion material. NARRATIVE: The capture of mud is the very first step for people utilizing the ground. The action is under-developed, but full of possibility and potential of “being in a form”. The art piece is aimed to capture that transitional moment between nature and culture. Also as the source of local construction, mud represents the willing of people living with nature and establishing an unique relationship with landscape environment. By presenting multiple captures of the mud in hand, the art piece speaks for the local people as a cultural entity. BUDGET: -labor $300 (max) -transportation $150 (max) -local mud $200 (max) |
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Post by Nka on Feb 15, 2017 21:43:38 GMT -6
Entry # 588003280 NEVER SEEN
DESIGN STATEMENT
Meaning of the work: This earthwork makes us think how we see things. Even though this earthwork is a perfect circle shape, people cannot see the perfect circle from the ground. Things we see are changed in angles and circumstances. Moreover it depends on ourselves. During seeing changes, we understand what we see is just one perspective.
Material description: There is no main material for this earthwork. If a workshop season is not suitable for growing grass, grass could purchase. For making the mount, a distance surveying instrument and skilled workers are needed. Grading is the key for this project.
Budget
Price Number Duration Total
Skilled Worker $10 2 21 days $420
Normal Worker $7 5 21 days $735
Instrument $400 $400
Grass Sheet $1000 $1000
TOTAL $2555
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Post by Nka on Feb 15, 2017 22:48:55 GMT -6
Entry # 587755199
EARTH ARCHIVE PROJECT
DESIGN STATEMENT
The Earth Archive Project is an artifact, a monument, made from compact formed mud beams.The proposal is to elevate the earth with the earth by the earth and its people. The project seeks to establish, to create, on Abetenim site, a new marker to cross on the planet, a new geographic coordinate to visit...to pass. A testimony of time, another same single place... and the silence.
Earth Archive Project is also an architecture, a passage that reaching the point zero of the meridian and equator cross. This direction reveals a dimension of land to the project as a collective information. Earth Archive Project is also about to store, to show, to sublime the local ground as an history, a treasure, more, an heritage to care and observe with respect, as a «mud demonstration», a silent and peaceful elevation of mater. A waiting material in its initial context. A product to be simply admired.
The Time is obviously but strongly connect to Earth Archive Project , it is the factor of durability and visibility for the next visitors to come on the site. It’s just like a passage from now to the future. This project do not conduct to a vanishing or ephemeral purpose either this project do not promote any ideology or dogma. It’s a conceptual way of displacement both of earth and human together. This is a land art project by using the context of the site location and informations.
Information:
The scale, dimensions and the cost of the project are linked and would depend on the situation on site. The process would be a physical and serial activity that would requires motivations and collective energy. The collective aspect of the process is very important to care and to enhance in this project, the locals knowledges and skills about mud constructions would be appreciate and encourage to be teach. The goal is to elevate a monumental mud stock, an oversized an massive mud way.
Regarding to the conditions of the workshop and the real material cost on site, the Earth Archive Project would be flexible and would keep conduct the project to its context and concept.
Budget in USD:
Wood material and roofing : 1200
Labor cost : 1800
Volunteers : 0
Mud : 0
Depending to period of work and the rate level at this time the project would be flexible about the cost and the result.
TOTAL: $3000
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Post by elenan on Feb 15, 2017 23:01:59 GMT -6
Entry#: 591274238 Title: Horizon Horizon, “is a line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet”. Horizon "is the limit of a person's knowledge, experience, or interest”. Horizon "is a layer of soil or rock, or a set of strata, with particular characteristics.” Design Concept: Bricks design is unique in its use of many individual units, which combined, make a successful whole, much like the concept of family and community for small villages all over Ghana. Brick design however strong in compression is limited due to its weakness in tension. Locally this neighborhood suffers high poverty, poor access to water, and low literacy but is defined by its sense of community. This public pavilion is a space aimed to address a local problem by utilizing it’s strengths to redefine it’s horizon. The center of this land art design focuses on rain water collection, as celebration of a problem, encircled by a rising earth frame, as potential to challenge a weakness. The main public space is depressed 1.5m underground to create separation from other site context, for foundational and temperature control benefits and to redefine the definition of horizon. A visitor’s view out, when seated around the water, is of a sky framed by earth, with water funneled in from above. Observing the union from below gives a new understanding of horizon’s three definitions. The line defining earth, sky and water is unique to the local material characteristics, expanding the limited outlook on the use of available, sustainable, resources. Material: Mud Brick- Custom mud brick~ 766, Standard Mud Brick~ 900 Framing lumber- ~ 170 linear feet Query Stone- 1 truck Skilled Labor- $12 per day 1670+extra = 2,500 x $0.20= $500 170+30extra = 200 x $1= $200 1 x $100 40 x $12= $480 Total= $1,280 Not included- 6 2/3 mm mortar allowance between each brick- must be tester before final size is decided Necessary concrete for foundation- depends on final chosen site conditions Material for bench- depends on available free, local material Inverted umbrella- depends on available local material- can be straw, bamboo or waterproof canvas with wooden or steel frame (subject to change after consulting locals) www.google.co.jp/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C5CHFA_enJP727JP728&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+of+horizonAttachments:
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Post by Nka on Feb 16, 2017 0:46:21 GMT -6
Entry # 592065000
CHILDREN’S KITCHEN ROCK GARDEN
DESIGN STATEMENT
THE DESIGN FOR THE CHILDREN’S KITCHEN ROCK GARDEN IS EXECUTED AS AN ARTIST’S AERIAL VISION, A “BIRD’S EYE” VIEW OF THE PYRAMIDAL SHAPED GARDEN PAINTED IN COLLAGE AND GOUACHE. THE GARDEN IS 44 FEET IN DIAMETER, WITH THREE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF GRAVEL PATHWAYS AND 2 FEET WIDE GARDEN BEDS. THE PATHWAYS ARE 1 FOOT WIDE. THESE DIMENSIONS ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO GARDEN IN THE BEDS FROM ALL SIDES. THE ELEVATION OF THE TOP OF THE GARDEN IS 6-8 FEET.
FOR THE BEDS : ON SITE
20 CUBIC FT TOP SOIL,
8 CUBIC FT OF SAND, 8 CUBIC FT OF SMALL GRAVEL
RUBBLE FILL FOR CENTER
BUDGET
MEDIUM SIZE GRAVEL FOR THE PATHWAYS $300
ROCKS: 20 INCHES AND LARGER.$200.
PLANTS: $400., SEEDS $ 350,
LABOR: one man 6 weeks @ $10 per day $360.,
WE WILL PLANT LIVING VEGETABLE AND FLOWER PLANTS AS WELL AS SEEDS. WE WILL TEACH PLANTING, SEED SAVING AND COMPOSTING. MY GOAL FOR DESIGNING THIS GARDEN HAS BEEN TO USE IT IN THE COMMUNITIES OF REFUGEES WHERE CHILDREN LIVE PERMANENTLY. THEY CAN HAVE THE GARDEN. THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.
ABETENIM ARTS VILLAGE IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO DEMONSTRATE AND HAVE CHILDREN WORK THE GARDEN. IT WILL ALSO BE A WONDERFUL SITE TO INVITE THOSE WHO WORK FOR CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.
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