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Antonio Esposito Reimagines the New City Of Mengomeyene In Equatorial Guinea With A Series Of Elaborate Graphics

Architects: Antonio Esposito
Location: Mengomeyene, Equatorial Guinea
Interior Décor: Antonio Esposito
Project Year: 2008
Photographer: Antonio Esposito

- 02 October 2017
- Datum Editorial
City Planning , Urban , Urban Renewal , Urban Architecture , African Modernity , Africana , African Modernism , Contemporary African Directory , Modern Africana ,

In this set of hand drawings, Antonio Esposito reimagines the city of Mengomeyene in a series of Graphic images for the foundation plan of the new city in Equatorial Guinea.

Antonio Esposito Reimagines the New City Of Mengomeyene In Equatorial Guinea With A Series Of Elaborate Graphics

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Antonio Esposito Reimagines the New City Of Mengomeyene In Equatorial Guinea With A Series Of Elaborate Graphics

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