AREA

Kumbo, Cameroon

K. Dakin Design has been engaged by  AREA, the African Research & Exchange Academy, to plan and create the site for an exchange program and residency for local and international students. AREA sits on 300 acres in the verdant hills of Kumbo, Nso, in the North West Region of Cameroon. Founded by Dr. Ajume Wingo, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Values & Social Policy University of Colorado, Boulder, AREA is dedicated to supporting a corps of young artists, writers, entrepreneurs and civic leaders to build a grand city of caring that transcends our myopic individualities and collective identities.

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View fullsize Sequoiadendron giganteum. Definitely giganteum. #walk #tree #huge #sequoia
View fullsize Shades of pink of Rosa woodsii on along the trail. Then a cactus bloom. #walk
View fullsize What you might wonder catches my designer/plant geek's eye at the ever magnificent Denver Botanic Gardens? The thriving carpinus/hornbeams, clematis without a trellis scrambling over roses (great color combo), a shrub I have never heard of (Sweet shr
View fullsize Even though winter became summer in what seemed like 24 hours and the temperature is scorching, the penstemons are rocking it. #walk #wildflowers #wildflower #penstemon