32° East Arts Centre

Kampala, Uganda

2023

Kampala’s first purpose-built community arts space. The new home of 32° East, a not-for-profit organisation promoting East African contemporary art and East African artists. The Arts Centre, in Kampala, is a focal point for Kampala’s artist community, contemporary art in Uganda and the wider East African region. The hyper-local building is made from earth taken directly from the site. Sandstone from a nearby quarry and timber formwork reused as roof shingles.

Winner of Dezeen’s Cultural Project of the Year 2023.

Client

32° East

Collaborators

Localworks

Reuse

~200kgCO2e/m2

See also

Weymouth College Art Gallery