DAKAR CONGRESS CENTRE

  • Location DAKAR, SENEGAL
  • Year 2014
  • Design Office TABANLIOGLU ARCHITECTS
  • Responsibility  CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, VISUALISATION
  • Type CULTURE
  • Area 16270 m2
  • Status BUILT
  • Finalist / ARCHITIZER A+ Awards 2016
  • Winner / WORLD ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY 22nd CYCLE / Realize Category
  • Special Jury Award / MIPIM 2015
  • Winner / THE PLAN Award 2015 / Business Category

Dakar Congress Hall Project includes lots of inspirations from typical geography of Africa like baobab trees which one is the major type of three of the continent. Exactly the pattern of the roof comes from this type of tree’s branch form. The one-piece roof of the project encases the building stacks and guards each construction dedicated to a special function against weather conditions like direct sunbeams and wind. The units of the building connected via water and bridges linking the separate blocks. The rectangular blocks are nested in a metal envelope, twisted blades forming the texture of the mesh screen behaves like sun break and grants a shady interior without hindering the accent of transparency. The project includes in a program of a conference hall, presidential lounge, exhibition hall, and public restaurant.