FIELD NOTES / GNQ / Middle Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo streets & lived architecture.
START WITH A PLACE
Malabo: ciudad y arquitectura
The publication Malabo: ciudad y arquitectura documents the city’s architectural and urban heritage. Its focus on historical memory and preservation provides a starting point for reading ordinary buildings alongside civic landmarks.
Read the source Government of Equatorial GuineaA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare a street’s continuous building edge with its individual entrances. Look for the everyday uses that keep an architectural ensemble alive.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)