Accra’s skyline is getting a soulful makeover thanks to Limbo Museum’s latest installation, Limbo Engawa. Created by TAELON7, this modular project breathes new life into the museum’s abandoned Brutalist skeleton and the surrounding land. Using lightweight steel frames and salvaged billboard strips, the design creates shaded seating and gathering spaces inspired by woven construction-site beds common across West Africa. In doing so, the project reframes abandoned or incomplete buildings as active civic environments rather than empty spaces, inviting visitors and local farmers to rest and connect. Commissioned in partnership with New York’s Art Omi, the adaptable structure will later travel to upstate New York, continuing a cross-continental dialogue on architecture, urban life, and overlooked landscapes.
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