FIELD NOTES / KEN / Eastern Africa
Kenya
Coral stone & mangrove timber.
START WITH A PLACE
Lamu Old Town
Lamu’s Swahili architecture combines coral stone and mangrove timber with courtyards, verandas and carved doors. Its buildings remain part of a working town with continuing social and religious uses.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in grain and rhythm.
Follow the transition from a heavy wall to a light veranda. How does a carved door concentrate detail at the point of entry?
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.
Fibre paper#ece9dboklch(0.933 0.019 96.873)
Cut straw#c5b08aoklch(0.766 0.057 82.249)
Forest shade#4d7162oklch(0.517 0.048 166.710)
Thread ochre#bd8453oklch(0.660 0.096 60.682)
Grain ink#283630oklch(0.318 0.021 166.943)