The Chale Wote, a street art festival in Jamestown, Accra, hosts a variety of creators throughout Africa. The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) participated in this year’s festival with a constructed assembly interwoven with the local community and resources. Two walls composed of upcycled agricultural waste modules cradle an open-air space from which a local company can sell goods. 

The project ties closely into ideas of re-purposing waste materials in Ghana. Each modular panel is composed of recycled coconut husk. The shading structure is made from recycled plastic fabrics stitched onto local bamboo. The process of designing and fabricating this project was immensely powerful in its capacity for cultural, professional, and intellectual exchange. This particular installation is the first display of the coconut’s potential as a building material.