When Africa adopts modern technology devoid of external cultural influences.
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"The walls could use hybrid construction systems that guarantee durability over time and that, in turn, maintain the appearance and thermal properties of rammed earth and raw mud; evoking the vernacular and ancestral, but modern at the same time. As well as including the use of beautiful external and internal murals designed by local artists.
The native plant species of the area will be respected, as well as taking advantage of the surrounding trees to generate shade, and the use of outdoor pots to give a human scale, a more welcoming appearance, and a more interesting route. It is essential to involve the community so that a project of these characteristics can be successful..."
A return to the original African outlook on life. Traditional African societies were deeply rooted in a community-based outlook. Life was centred on shared responsibilities where the welfare of the collective outweighed individual interests. These are ideals we should never have left behind. We could have adopted aspects of modern civilisation that were beneficial to us, while holding fast to what was uniquely ours, that which had served us well for thousands of years. We could have adopted modern technology not to ape others, but adapt it to suit our own purposes.
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