In 1997 two architects set out to rethink Lagos, an African megacity that had been largely abandoned by the state. Amid the apparent chaos and crime, they discovered remarkable patterns of organisation. Two decades later, Rem Koolhaas and Kunlé Adeyemi discuss the past, present and future of the city – and reveal why their own project never saw the light of day — theguardian.com
"...it was the ultimate dysfunctional city – but actually, in terms of all the initiatives and ingenuity, it mobilised an incredibly beautiful, almost utopian landscape of independence and agency." - Rem Koolhaas
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Rem seems to be trying to distance himself from his so-called followers, looking into places like Africa instead of doing a bunch of glass condos. But he's trying to find a counter approach to the Le Corbusier in Brazil kind of thing... However fetishizing poverty is probably more problematic than modernism.
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