client. Private

location. Midombo, Bénin

category. Event venue

Set on the lagoon shore, the project occupies a site with an already exceptional landscape. The intervention extends and renovates an event venue, increasing its capacity and opening its façades generously towards the water and surrounding vegetation.

Simple, clean architectural lines express an understated elegance, while details such as bespoke gutters and rain chains provide technical solutions that also give the building character.

Technical equipment is grouped together and concealed in an unobtrusive enclosure, allowing the architecture to engage fully with the landscape.

The project is completed by leisure facilities: a swimming pool and a platform over the water, extended by a pergola and a jetty providing access to the lake.