The Sona drawings, plural of Lusona, were part of the tradition of the Tchokwe People. It is known in eastern Angola and close to the borders of Zambia and Congo. The drawings were made in the sand only by men, as a way to tell a story or show the reality of them (with representations of daily, nature, animals and people). It was part of the boys' rite of passage to adulthood to learn to draw Sona and tell stories.
Mathematical concepts such as Combinatorial Analysis, Minimum Common Multiple and Maximum Common Divisor were used instinctively, since the Tchokwe people had no knowledge of the formulas and math of the graphs. First, the soil was cleaned and flattened with the hand, and with the fingertips it was drawn an grid of points with carefully proportional spaces. Subsequently, the narrator traced lines - straight and curves with a 45 degree inclination - around the points without taking his fingers from the sand until finishing the drawing.
The Sona drawings, plural of Lusona, were part of the tradition of the Tchokwe People. It is known in eastern Angola and close to the borders of Zambia and Congo. The drawings were made in the sand only by men, as a way to tell a story or show the reality of them (with representations of daily, nature, animals and people). It was part of the boys' rite of passage to adulthood to learn to draw Sona and tell stories.
Mathematical concepts such as Combinatorial Analysis, Minimum Common Multiple and Maximum Common Divisor were used instinctively, since the Tchokwe people had no knowledge of the formulas and math of the graphs. First, the soil was cleaned and flattened with the hand, and with the fingertips it was drawn an grid of points with carefully proportional spaces. Subsequently, the narrator traced lines - straight and curves with a 45 degree inclination - around the points without taking his fingers from the sand until finishing the drawing.
The Sona drawings, plural of Lusona, were part of the tradition of the Tchokwe People. It is known in eastern Angola and close to the borders of Zambia and Congo. The drawings were made in the sand only by men, as a way to tell a story or show the reality of them (with representations of daily, nature, animals and people). It was part of the boys' rite of passage to adulthood to learn to draw Sona and tell stories.
Mathematical concepts such as Combinatorial Analysis, Minimum Common Multiple and Maximum Common Divisor were used instinctively, since the Tchokwe people had no knowledge of the formulas and math of the graphs. First, the soil was cleaned and flattened with the hand, and with the fingertips it was drawn an grid of points with carefully proportional spaces. Subsequently, the narrator traced lines - straight and curves with a 45 degree inclination - around the points without taking his fingers from the sand until finishing the drawing.
METAPOLIS
CENTER
HOTEL / OFFICES / INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
A body to host the services of IDIA, tutelary body responsible for the Ministry of Industry, a hotel and a body of offices constitute the 3 organic units of the Metapolis center. Its implantation is made on a raised public square/amphitheater, exclusively used and private for the users of these units. Their orientation reduces the visual impact of these 3 bodies by placing them perpendicularly to the public roads and retracted in relation to the boundary of the lot.
The bodies that finish the corner occupy the entire area of implantation, work as a base and have 3 floors, respecting the scale of dominant occupation of the surrounding area, as a continuity of the physical support that is the history of the city.
The interior architectural bodies have the scale of a center of a metropolitan city. The private square will have a catalytic role in promoting the meeting of culture/business/leisure. Thence its character as an open space and aggregator where the snacks and cafes of the hotel are found, which serve as support for the commercial and auditorium areas of the hotel - on the second floor of the basement, the coexistence of the social and private environment punctuated by services attractive to the business and cultural fabric.
LOCATION
Luanda, Angola
YEAR
2008
IMPLANTATION
AREA
2128 m²
SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOT
3881 m²