Low Design Office: ‘For our generation, the only way to be radical is to build’ | Thinkpiece | Architectural Review
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At Low Design Office’s Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform in the scrapyards of Accra, Ghana, new into old takes on a whole new meaning
Often referred to as the world’s largest e-waste dumping site, Accra’s Agbogbloshie district provides livelihood opportunities and quick cash business to thousands of workers who disassemble digital detritus, from automobiles to hair straighteners to solar panels, and extract heavy and precious metals, often by burning electric cables. Ghanaian authorities have been attempting to evict the scrapyard-cum-market but, as pointed out by local organisations, this would only transfer the problem elsewhere rather than offer beneficial solutions in the long term.