Makoko is an informal settlement across the 3rd Mainland Bridge located on the coast of mainland Lagos, Nigeria. A third of the community is built on stilts along the lagoon and the rest is on the land.

2020年2月26日 · Nicknamed by some as the "Venice of Africa," the floating village of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, is inhabited by people who not only live on water, but also also depend on it for their livelihood.

2021年3月23日 · NLÉ’s Makoko Floating System is a simple way to build on water. It’s a prefabricated, customizable, floating A-frame, sustainable timber structure that can be produced locally for water developments in both advanced and developing countries.

2014年12月24日 · Nicknamed by some as the "Venice of Africa," the floating village of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, is inhabited by people who not only live on water, but also also depend on it for their livelihood.

2013年3月14日 · NLE Architects, with sponsoring from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Heinrich Boell Foundation from Germany, designed the Makoko Floating School, phase one of a three-phase...

2020年2月26日 · Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)—Most evenings, Abigail Hounkpe can be found paddling her wooden canoe on the murky waters in Makoko, a waterfront community on the Lagos lagoon in Nigeria's southwest. She stops in front of a church perched precariously on top of stilts.

2023年5月9日 · Makoko is believed to be the biggest floating community in the world. Residing in this community are about a quarter of a million people. The case of Makoko in Lagos State, Nigeria, reflects the evolution of urban revitalization strategies in the country.

2023年5月5日 · What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community. Makoko is located on the coast of mainland Lagos, and is considered an "informal" community.

For a country still plagued with power outages and unethical waste disposal, the Makoko floating school is a source of inspiration for Nigeria - It is designed to use renewable energy, to recycle organic waste and to harvest rainwater.

Makoko Floating School (MFS™ I prototype) was built for and with the historic water community of Makoko, located on the lagoon heart of Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos.