Malaika House / BEarq + BUDA + DOSarq + SRO arquitectura

Malaika is possibly the most famous of all the love songs in all of East Africa, a word that means angel, but which is commonly used by Suali speakers to refer to a beautiful woman; Malaika is the name with which the promoter of the project called her permanent residence in Ecuador, a middle-aged woman accustomed to the solitude of nomadic life with short stays in foreign countries, countries among which Kenya always preferred, a place where vernacular architecture is represented by the African massai boma, small settlements made up of the radial succession of primitive pyramidal structures arranged around a common courtyard.

Malaika House / BEarq + BUDA + DOSarq + SRO arquitectura
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  • architects: BEarq
  • architects: BUDA
  • architects: DOSarq
  • architects: SRO arquitectura
  • Location: Taxiche, Ecuador
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photographs: JAG Studio
  • Area: 235.0 m2

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