Kingstons Unit 2.2 & Studio NYALI at the Venice Biennale

Over the last two years, Studio 2.2, a second year design studio within the Department of Architecture and Landscape, has collaborated with Studio NYALI, a design research partnership between Nana Biamah-Ofosu and Bushra Mohamed to investigate the African compound typology.

In 2019-20, the studio taught by Nana Biamah-Ofosu and Michael Badu in collaboration with Mary Johnson and Bushra Mohamed studied how this housing typology could be used to generate more thoughtful responses to urban growth and continuity in African and Western cities, with students designing housing projects in Accra and London.

Through our collaboration with ArchiAfrika and Jamestown cafe, studio and gallery, Studio NYALI and Studio 2.2 have been invited to exhibit as part of the The European Cultural Centre’s Time Space Existence exhibition taking place in Venice alongside the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.

Learn more about the project and how you can help by visiting our project site here.