“L’Engouement” , another alternative building/architecture paradise in Toubab Dialaw (Senegal) created by 88-year old dignified Haitian Marxist builder/artist/poet Gérard Chenet (https://fr-fr.facebook.com/gerard.chenet1). I walked in awe through this maze of unique edifices built from local stone, clay brick, thatch and other materials and serving a myriad of functions from refuge, artist studio, yoga studio, theater to dining hall, kitchens and giant community creative spaces. With monkeys running around and an ecological swimming pool cleaned by water plants, mango trees galore and giant African baobabs watching over…A MUST-SEE in this lifetime!!!! And Gerard lives on-site, a living fount of history, knowledge in clay-based building, and original inspirational ideas all of which he manifests. His next project brewing in his almost century-long brain is a mud castle with solar panels, wind generator and water tower….it is all on the SOBOBADE website!
