Today I had a tour of one of the continent’s most ambitious projects, the 25 sq km (Source) extension of Lagos called the Eko Atlantic City. Whilst looking at city’s other new lands for my project, Eko Atlantic gave me an indication one of the extremes of what Lagos may or may not look like.
New things I learnt about the project:
– original plan was to only build a sea defense wall to offset the ocean to its position 100 years ago and prevent it from destroying Victoria island
– the new city will have a West-to-East-flowing river going through its centre. The river will act as the city’s drain
– the sea defemce wall has different layers and actually permits the water to pass but then disables water from staying in the soil behind the wall (this soil is lined with a special membrane)
– many of the city’s plots have been bought by developers, however because of the unstable economy only a couple started building. However as soon as buildings are constructed, they are typically sold out and one tower is already inhabited. Despite the current economic difficulties, Eko Atlantic is viewed as a good future investment.
Complex multi-layered sea defense wall
Two of the ‘black pearl’ residential buildings – one fully sold out and inhabited , the other one 50% sold and under construction.
Location where the new artificial river begins on the west side of the city.
Below: proposed yacht Marina area
3 lane motorways between the future districts; car appears to be the main proposed mode of transport
Numerous flyovers and under-bridge spaces unlikely to generate typical social environment of such spaces in Lagos because of the controlled entry into Eko Atlantic due to its Free Trade Zone status.
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