[Maktub - SEME-BIOSE - COVER IMG] SEME-BIOSE : Beyond resilience

SEME-BIOSE

PrizeWinner in Architectural Design / Green architecture
Project locationRufisque, Bargny ; Senegal
CompanyMaktub
University/SchoolEcole Africaine des Métiers de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme (EAMAU)
Lead ArchitectFranklin Hermann Sokning Yemeli
Design TeamFranklin Hermann Sokning Yemeli, Mesmer Ndienang Dapabko

Faced with the many problems of Senegal's vulnerable coasts (erosion, floods, pollution...), we propose a protection approach that integrates coastal development. The approach is based on the observation of resilient areas and listening to the populations. The project site extends from Rufisque to Bargny and aims to build social, economic and ecological resilience. Strategies such as reefs, dunes and resilient parks aim to reduce wave action, prevent erosion, rebuild the coastline and promote the blue economy. In the short term, life at sea ceases to be a fight and becomes a symbiosis!