2024-05-08T20:36:52-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150346920/plans-revealed-for-atelier-mas-m-s-ellen-johnson-sirleaf-presidential-center-in-liberia Josh Niland 2023-04-19T17:31:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f7/f7b5377613dcd16a153779dfc99abcc6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Details of the new Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Monrovia, Liberia have been revealed this week by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150189117/atelier-maso-mi" target="_blank">atelier mas&#333;m&#299;</a>, the lead designers of an all-female project that will include exhibition designs from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150323597/counterspace" target="_blank">Counterspace</a>&rsquo;s Sumayya Vally and input from local architect Karen Richards Barnes.</p> <p>The project supports the EJS Center&rsquo;s mission with workshops, office spaces, exhibition galleries, a caf&eacute;, and a library. The center was formally established on <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/718090/international-womens-day" target="_blank">International Women&rsquo;s Day</a> in 2020 and will now play host to the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winning former President&rsquo;s personal and professional archives.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/87/871f227376c296b6f5ef160955b3c0b0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/87/871f227376c296b6f5ef160955b3c0b0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy atelier maso&#772;mi&#772;</figcaption></figure><p>The atelier&rsquo;s founder, Mariam Kamara, says: &ldquo;The design is a direct response to the history, climate, cultural, and architectural heritage of Liberia. The project is an introspection on the challenges faced and on the strength and hope brought about by inspirational leaders such as Madam Sirleaf. The first woman Head of State o...</p>