Cave_Bureau

This final exhibition in the series The Architect's Studio takes a dive underground and into the extensive volcanic cave systems of Kenya. Here the design studio Cave_bureau take a look back to the origins of humanity and examine the future, while simultaneously finding concrete solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

The volcanic caves of Kenya bear unique evidence of the country’s history and heritage. From here the studio Cave_bureau confronts the challenges of modern lives from an African perspective, in which decolonisation takes precedence over decarbonisation as the caves are now a source of geothermal energy, which plays such a huge role in global green transition.

Using the caves as a basis, Nairobi-based Cave_bureau devises installations, films and proposals for architectural interventions in the landscape under the heading ‘The Anthropocene Museum.’