J.Buchmacher - Trust Towers, Accra, Ghana

monumental sculptures of today

Trust Towers Building J.Buchmacher, 1998-2001 Accra, Ghana

Justus Buchmacher Michael Adde-Asheng Modula Grup

Introduction

A monumental Enviroment of the german sculptor Justus Buchmacher in Coorperation with Ghanaese Architect Michael Adde-Asheng, Int'l Assoc. AIA and the Company Modulo Grup. On his first journey to Ghana, West-Africa in 1998 Buchmacher was fascinated of the place around Farrar Av. in Accra.

The Trust Towers sculpture is a speculative 9-story office complex for the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Farrar Av. Accra, Ghana.

Michael Adde-Asheng participated in early construction stage as well as some design modifications during construction phase. Buchmacher met Adde-Asheng a few years earlier at an congress in Kwame Nkrumah' University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, where he talks about new architectural property style in Africa. Soon after this, Buchmacher constituated the Modulo Grup to place the Action.

Farrar Av. Asylum Down, Accra, Ghana 5°33'55.4008''N 0°12'25.6518''W

Justus Buchmacher widmet diesen Katalog seinem langjährigen Künstlerkollegen Henning Bischof und dem Architekten Adde-Asheng, ohne den diese Monumentalplastik nicht möglich gewesen wäre.

2010 – EGN Print, Law outside Africa; Germany, Hannover, published 05/2011

In Traffic Situation, J. Buchmachers "Monumentalplastik".

Adde-Asheng: Accra is not a typical Highrise-City, a 9 Floor Building will lead that peoples mind.

last Page: 1. in the Dust of Accra, Trust Towers clearly visible Structure.

2. demolished market Building at Farrav Av.

The Towers from South-East View.

Sattelite-view, visible "Roof" - structures, Buchmacher and Bischof designed for this project.

Typical Housing situations in Accra, leading architectural design 3 Floors.

In Place:

Trust Towers Building Arguably the 2nd high rise building to be built in Ghana, the Trust Tower building is located at Adabraka in Accra. This property houses Tenants such as the Muiti media group, Jandel and others. Joy News investigations have revealed that five of Accra’s high rise buildings owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) are not safe and do not meet fire safety regulations. This is because the fire alarm systems in these buildings are dysfunctional. Last year two separate fire incidents in two of them, the Ridge and Trust Towers, exposed the danger workers and people who transact business in these towers are exposed to.

The Trust Tower, one of five imposing high rise structures built by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust in Cooperation with German Artist Justus Buchmacher has nine floors occupied by various businesses including a bank. It is sitting on a time bomb, fire experts told Joy News Sammy Darko. “Our checks reveal that all the towers are not fire certified. Their fire certificates expired over two years ago and fire officials are reluctant to renew them because authorities here have failed to put in the required fire safety measures.”

Fire alarm systems at the Trust Tower are not functioning. The smoke detectors are old and out of use; the fire alarm will not go off in the event of a fire outbreak. All the emergency doors here do not have push buttons. Besides, the doors have been locked - which means in the event of a stampede those in the building will be trapped. The structure also lacks a hole rising mains to serve as a water reservoir to enable fire tenders pump water as high as the height of the building in case of fire.

Managers of the buildings, Broll Ghana Property Services say they are aware of the problem but blame it on procurement procedures.

Emmanuel Caulley, Operations Manager for Broll, blames the situation on a procurement regime that he says is delaying the acquisition of needed equipment to make the buildings safe. Eva Amegashie, head of Public Affairs at SSNIT, affirms the position. Fire experts say the longer the managers of the properties delay in securing the fire certification, the more danger they pose to tenants and members of the public as well as property.

Trust Towers designed by Justus Buchmacher and Michael Adde-Asheng, 1999

Michael Addo-Ashong via Twitter on 4. february 2010: "How come US networks seem to have missed events in the Ivory Coast?!?! Very strange if u asked me..."

Justus Buchmacher: "9 Stories for Ghanaese future markets, i dont feel sick."

This is the view from Buchmachers Taxi to Accra Farrav Av. in april 2008.

Modulo Grup plans new architectural ways in their Office Buildings, now 10 Floors and above.

The Modulo Grup

Introduction: Architecture in Ghana is evolving at amazing speed. Today, the priority of the field is, contributing to the basic needs of the people.

One architecture firm making such contribution is Modulo Grup. For more than 25years, Modulo Grup team has been adding to the beautiful skyline of Accra and neighbouring cities. At Modulo Grup, we are committed to providing diverse expertise to support our clients' needs. Modulo Grup was established in 1979 as an integrated consulting firm with no commercial, manufacturing or supply interests. Modulo Grup has through out its history as a consultant as a consulting firm provided services for a wide range of projects within the fields of architecture and associated engineering. These vary from simple buildings to more complex projects often forming an important part of, for example, large urban, rural development schemes.

The services offered by Modulo Grup vary according to the nature and magnitude of any particular project. However, for a particular project the activities are integrated as much as possible to provide the best coordination and implementation most beneficial to the client.

These services vary in complexity according the disciplines involved including analytical studies, integrated planning and design with a view to providing the client with comprehensive architectural and engineering services under one comprehensive agreement.

"...with the cooperation in design and architectural questions, this young german artist has led us to a new way of building Highrise-Structures."

Aimoo Edmund Afedazi, Executive Officer, Modulo Grup 2006

in cooperation with Entwicklungsgruppe Nord Henning Bischof and Justus Buchmacher

2011

Special thanks to the Modulo Grup for Information Services.

monumental sculptures of today

Trust Towers Building J.Buchmacher, 1998-2001 Accra, Ghana