Akon

The American rapper of Senegalese origin Akon officially started this pharaonic project on August 31 in Mbodiène, one hundred km south of Dakar. Goal: to get an "African city of the future" out of the ground, ecological, with bold architecture, hotels, a business center, a hospital ... Total estimated cost: 6 billion dollars. Work on the first phase would begin in the first quarter of 2021. But so far…

Hussein Bakri is the Lebanese architect responsible for the design of the Akon City project in Senegal. We met him in the United Arab Emirates, where he lives. This “citizen of the world” told us about his architectural philosophy. "I'm surprised by your request". These are the first words that Hussein Bakri used when we met…