Współczesne centra turystyczne w naturalnym krajobrazie Namibii na przykładzie realizacji Nina Maritz Architects

Afryka i (post)kolonializm

There are fewer and fewer places in the world where natural landscape is preserved and at the same time contemporary architecture does not harm it. Namibia is one of the countries that has managed to combine these two issues. It is endowed with natural tourism attractions and a beautiful landscape – the Namib Desert – the oldest and driest desert in the world, the Fish River Canyon – the longest gorge in Africa, Twyfelfontein – one of the largest concentrations of rock engravings in Africa included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lately these sites have become a tourist destination due to its uniqueness and to the fact that Namibia is a very safe country compared to other African ones. This resulted in a dynamic development of tourism as an important source of income of Namibians. Visitors’ center are one of the tourist facilities built close to the sites forming a part of the national Namibian heritage that can significantly either positively or negatively affect the natural lan...