MFS III
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Minne
Floating School
MFS III
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‘Minne Floating School’ is NLÉ’s third prototype and iteration of the
Makoko Floating School in Lagos, Nigeria
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an innovative structure developed to
address the challenges and opportunities of urbanisation and climate change,
particularly in coastal African cities. Following Makoko Floating School (MFS I)
built in 2013 and MFS II in Venice 2016, MFS III is a new it
eration designed as a fully
prefabricated, modular, flat pack, floating building system, with a 25 year design
life, based on Euro codes for wider regional use.
Located in Bruges in Belgium, in one of the city’
s finest parks and lake, Minnewater
(Lake of Love), MFS III will be launched this May, 2018 for the Bruges Triennale
2018 Liquid City exhibition. The structure
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re
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engineered by AECOM, built by
Bruges Triennale team and approved by the local engineers
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a
llows further
explorations of efficient design, prefabrication and assembly methodologies of
MFS as a unique timber floating building solution, adaptable for various uses. MFS
III remains a platform for research, innovation, education and social interventi
ons
for water cultures
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‘Learning from Makoko’. It will be adapted in Bruges for six
months in a limited capacity as an exhibition space, a workshop and a school
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fully
programmed by local architecture and design institutions from around the region.
CLIE
NT:
Bruges Triennale
TYPE:
Cultural Platform, Education Space
TEAM:
Kunlé Adeyemi, Noélie Lecoanet, Andreas Nikolopoulos, Berend Strijland
CONSULTANTS:
AECOM, Erik Wassen, SOP Consulting
FABRICATORS:
ART
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X
PROGRAM COLLABORATORS BRUGES TRIENNALE:
Howest Bru
gge, Academie
Kunsthumaniora Brugge, T.I.H.Familie (Maricolen) & KASK Conservatorium,
Curatorial Studies