Amenawon Solar School is located in Ikeja, Lagos. Lagos, Nigeria is the third largest city in the world. Everyday life there is characterized by lack of access to affordable potable water, open sewers resulting from the absence of a functional municipal waste treatment system, daily electrical outages, and limited access to un-built space and possibilities to cultivate food in the city.
Invited by the Amayo family in May 2013, the team started working on a vision for retrofitting the compound, which houses a school, retail space and private residences. Envisioned as a model for living and sharing sustainable practices, Amenawon Solar School will partner with the elementary school on the compound on sustainable curriculum and everyday practice, and with neighbors and local organizations in a series of workshops.
