The Dossier
A growing collection of imagined African futures.
Vitu Khoswe
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contributions
Video Response
Postcard
Associated Spatial Response
Places to Gather, Honour and Remember
Fletcher Banda
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contributions
Postcard
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Places to Rest
A City That Collects Water
Building Envelopes That Mirror Our Fabric
Fatsani Kamela
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contributions
Video Response
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Third Spaces: Places to Relax
Architectural Pavilions
Sambirani Chirwa
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Progressive Vernacularism
The Mountain as a Symbol for Inclusive Ecosystems
Future Cities Inspired by Present Communities
Miranda Mulagha
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contributions
Video Response
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Walkable, Safe Cities
Parks and Green Spaces
Integrated Cities
Brave Banda
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contributions
Postcard
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Community Over Individuality
Nature-Infused Courtyards
Alinafe Daiton
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Safe Nights, Walkable Cities
Integration of Technology and African Architecture
Brett Million
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Sketch
Associated Spatial Response
Community-Based Architecture: Prioritising People, Environment and Interaction
Tione Mughogho
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contributions
Video Response
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Interactive Spaces
Open Spaces
Efficient Transportation
Naphat Ausman
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Dignity in Space
Materiality
Memory
JJJ Sonke
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Unplanned Growth and Informal Settlement
Vanessa Tandwe
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Video Response
Postcard
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Public Spaces of Heritage and Culture
Sowing for Future Generations
Cities of Equal Opportunity
Latanze Banda
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Dignity in space
Intuitive wayfinding
Reclaiming Asphalt for Living Cities
Constance Mauluka
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Video Response
Postcard
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Rethinking Malawian identity
Kenneth Gondwe
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
A Layered Canvas of Our History
Joseph Mwepa
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Malawian City 2070
Vernacular Forms in the Future City
Green Urban Spaces
Major Mwawa
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Postcard
Associated Spatial Responses
Inclusive cities
Dual-Purpose Spaces
Porous transitional thresholds
Chioma Dimgba
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Postcard
Sketch
Associated Spatial Responses
Identity Through Texture, Form and Material
Architecture That Welcomes – Mwalandilidwa
Dignity in Space
Frank Sato
First Call / Response Gathering, Malawi, 2026
Contribution
Video Response
Associated Spatial Responses
Living With Lake Malawi
Harnessing resources we have
FROM RESPONSE TO SPATIAL PROPOSITION
Across the Dossier, voices, drawings and ideas begin to overlap.
The following spatial propositions are speculative interpretations of these responses – not conclusions, but fragments of possible futures.
PLACES TO GATHER, HONOUR AND REMEMBER
Spatial Proposition 001
Spatial interpretation by
Catherine Sani
Fletcher Banda
Angella Ching’oma
Misheck Shuga
Joel Mwalabu
Tamanda Banda
Emerging from Dossier responses including:
- An aquarium celebrating Lake Malawi and its cichlids
- A living archive and place to visit
- Heroes Acre — a place to honour prominent Malawians
- Buildings that can also provide shelter
- Harbours and piers
- Museums and spaces of cultural memory
THE LAKESIDE AS CIVIC AND SOCIAL SPACE
Spatial Proposition 002
Spatial interpretation by
Catherine Sani
Fletcher Banda
Angella Ching’oma
Misheck Shuga
Joel Mwalabu
Tamanda Banda
Emerging from Dossier responses including:
- “I hope you spend a day by a pier and look at boats on the harbour.”
- “Finest restaurants by the lakeside.”
BRICK REIMAGINED: MATERIAL, PATTERN AND IDENTITY
Spatial Proposition 003
Spatial interpretation by
Catherine Sani
Fletcher Banda
Angella Ching’oma
Misheck Shuga
Joel Mwalabu
Tamanda Banda
Emerging from Dossier responses including:
- “Brick.”
CHITENJE: FABRIC, PATTERN AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
Spatial Proposition 004
Spatial interpretation by
Catherine Sani
Fletcher Banda
Angella Ching’oma
Misheck Shuga
Joel Mwalabu
Tamanda Banda
Emerging from Dossier responses including:
- “Chitenje.”
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