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STUDIO RDN-X — CULTURAL + INSTITUTIONALArochukwu, Abia State — Nigeria

Arochukwu.

Museum & Living Archive  ·  Heritage Film Studios  ·  Innovation Campus

CONTEXT

A cultural and spatial programme exploring how architecture can preserve memory, activate heritage and support future generations through education, storytelling and community infrastructure.

Developed by Studio RDN-X as part of the wider Design Associates Africa framework, the work is rooted in Igbo history, material culture and spatial traditions.

THE CHALLENGE

To safeguard and share a living heritage while working towards the ambition of new cultural, educational and economic futures — as one connected programme rather than isolated buildings.

STUDIO RDN-X INTERVENTION

Research-led masterplanning and architectural thinking across the programme — from the arrival sequence and landscape systems to exhibition, learning and research environments.

PROJECT DETAILS
LOCATIONArochukwu, Abia State, Nigeria
TYPOLOGYCultural InfrastructureEducational Urbanism
FRAMEWORKDesign Associates Africa
STATUSOngoing
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THE PROGRAMME
01

Museum & Living Archive

A regenerative archive and museum campus combining exhibition spaces, learning environments, landscape systems and research facilities — designed not only to preserve the past, but to create new cultural and economic futures.

02

Heritage Film Studios

A heritage film-studio programme exploring cultural storytelling through architecture, landscape and the spatial reconstruction and interpretation of distinct historical periods.

03

Innovation Campus

A future-facing campus bringing together education, research, technology and creative innovation as part of Arochukwu’s wider cultural and spatial programme.

PROCESS & THINKING4 images
Arochukwu — Museum & Living Archive — masterplan and elevation
Museum & Living Archive — masterplan and elevation
Arochukwu — Arrival and drop-off — detailed plan
Arrival and drop-off — detailed plan
Arochukwu — Interior perspective
Interior perspective
Arochukwu — North elevation
North elevation
RELEVANT CAPABILITIES
Masterplanning & Urban Strategy →Spatial Strategy →Design Associates Africa →
Cultural + Institutional

Developing a cultural, civic or institutional programme?

For museums, cultural projects, regeneration, civic programmes, heritage and masterplanning — start with a strategic conversation.

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