Latéritiques — Yaoundé, read through red earth

Field notes

The archive organizes Yaoundé into nine thematic investigations, including “The Palimpsest City,” “Sponge Gardens,” “Canopy,” and “The Cartography of Obstacles.” Its framing treats laterite not as background scenery but as an urban material that influences construction, walking, drainage, memory, and social use of the street. The homepage identifies L’Atelier des Idées as the studio behind the project and places it in Yaoundé, Cameroon, at 3°52′N — 11°31′E.