The present proposal for the Accra Twin Towers by Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos occupies a central position in relation to the urban design of the city of Accra. It has a place in a regular small sized plot, located on Liberia Road, near the British Council. The scale of the urban mesh on which it is inserted stands from the density of the suburban construction that surrounds this central area of the city which underlines a privileged treatment of the spaces. In this sense, as a major action, with an ambitious program, it was understood that the planned object should take advantage of all these constraints in order to be able to assume an emblematic role in the urban and architectonic context of the city. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The road axis in which it is inserted, the proximity of the Gulf of Guinea as a sight-booster, the centrality of the intervention and the program are identified as crucial factors for the carrying out of the proposal. A distinctly contemporary image promotes the dynamics into the group of buildings and to the scenery that surrounds it.
