Curation
The Pan-African Biennale
Curating is how the argument reaches the public: exhibitions and gatherings that put African architecture on its own record, on the continent and in front of the world.
Edition INairobi, Kenya · opened 1 September 2026
ThemeShifting the Center: From Fragility to Resilience
ReachParticipants from all 54 African nations
ModelA new African city every two years
PartnerArchitectural Association of Kenya
CatalogueShifting the Center: From Fragility to Resilience. DOM publishers, 2026
BookThe Centre in Motion: Stories from the First Pan-African Biennale, edited with Meriam Sehimi. Supported by the Graham Foundation. Forthcoming, 2027
“I do not believe that African architecture exists.”
Congo is not Morocco; Morocco is not Cape Verde. A continent of more than 3,000 languages and eight climate zones cannot be one style. The statement is aimed at how the world imagines Africa: as a single place, a single story, and too often as an absence from the record. The Biennale exists to correct that, on the continent and in front of the world.
Louisiana Channel, December 2025
