BOOK LAUNCH
EXHIBITION
CONNECTING
WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TODAY?
WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TODAY?
WHAT ARE
WE BUILDING TODAY?
BOOK LAUNCH
EXHIBITION
CONNECTING
BOOK LAUNCH
EXHIBITION
CONNECTING
WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TODAY?
WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TODAY?
BOOK LAUNCH
EXHIBITION
CONNECTING
AX Impact
Foundation
AX Impact Foundation
AX Impact
Foundation
What we build next matters.
For 15 years, ArchXenus has shaped spaces in Ghana and beyond. Along the way, we have asked questions no single building or commission could answer.
How do we share what we have learnt? How do we test new approaches?
And who needs to be part of imagining Africa’s built future?
Our answer has always been the same: Impact, by Design. Nothing we do is incidental. Every project is shaped around the difference it should make.
AX Impact Foundation gives those questions and ideas a home where they can live, be tested and grow.
We publish, build, convene and show ideas for a more dignified built future.
What we build next matters.
For 15 years, ArchXenus has shaped spaces in Ghana and beyond.
Along the way, we have asked questions no single building or commission could answer.
How do we share what we have learnt? How do we test new approaches?
And who needs to be part of imagining Africa’s built future?
Our answer has always been the same: Impact, by Design.
Nothing we do is incidental. Every project is shaped around the difference it should make.
AX Impact Foundation gives those questions and ideas a home where they can live, be tested and grow.
We publish, build, convene and show ideas for a more dignified built future.
What we build next matters.
For 15 years, ArchXenus has shaped spaces in Ghana and beyond. Along the way, we have asked questions no single building or commission could answer.
How do we share what we have learnt? How do we test new approaches?
And who needs to be part of imagining Africa’s built future?
Our answer has always been the same: Impact, by Design. Nothing we do is incidental. Every project is shaped around the difference it should make.
AX Impact Foundation gives those questions and ideas a home where they can live, be tested and grow.
We publish, build, convene and show ideas for a more dignified built future.
What we build next matters.
For 15 years, ArchXenus has shaped spaces in Ghana and beyond. Along the way, we have asked questions no single building or commission could answer.
How do we share what we have learnt? How do we test new approaches?
And who needs to be part of imagining Africa’s built future?
Our answer has always been the same: Impact, by Design. Nothing we do is incidental. Every project is shaped around the difference it should make.
AX Impact Foundation gives those questions and ideas a home where they can live,
be tested and grow.
We publish, build, convene and show ideas for a more dignified built future.
HOW WE WORK.
Four stages, from the first question to the day it goes live. Each one ends with something you can see and react to.
01
Publish
Ideas made to travel.
Through AX Press, we create books, conversations and records of the work shaping our built environment.
Our work includes GeneXus, Living Artefact and the Impact by Design podcast.
Ideas made to travel.
Through AX Press, we create books, conversations and records of the work shaping our built environment.
Our work includes GeneXus, Living Artefact and the Impact by Design podcast.
Ideas made to travel.
Through AX Press, we create books, conversations and records of the work shaping our built environment.
Our work includes GeneXus, Living Artefact and the Impact by Design podcast.
02
Direction
Ideas tested in place
Impact Projects turn questions about housing, development and everyday life into practical work.
From CoSpace to future pilots, we seek collaborators ready to develop, test and deliver new models.
Ideas tested in place
Impact Projects turn questions about housing, development and everyday life into practical work.
From CoSpace to future pilots, we seek collaborators ready to develop, test and deliver new models.
Ideas tested in place
Impact Projects turn questions about housing, development and everyday life into practical work.
From CoSpace to future pilots, we seek collaborators ready to develop, test and deliver new models.
03
Convene
Ideas given more voices.
Our gatherings bring together the many people who shape cities: designers, communities, public leaders, investors, makers and thinkers.
The African Urban Futures Conclave is our first major gathering.
Ideas given more voices.
Our gatherings bring together the many people who shape cities: designers, communities, public leaders, investors, makers and thinkers.
The African Urban Futures Conclave is our first major gathering.
Ideas given more voices.
Our gatherings bring together the many people who shape cities: designers, communities, public leaders, investors, makers and thinkers.
The African Urban Futures Conclave is our first major gathering.
04
Show
Ideas made visible.
Exhibitions let people encounter proposals through space, image, sound and material.
In 2027, we bring Eden to Venice as part of Time Space Existence. Eden is a vision for restoring Accra’s Odaw River and Korle Lagoon, and for the city life they could sustain.
Ideas made visible.
Exhibitions let people encounter proposals through space, image, sound and material.
In 2027, we bring Eden to Venice as part of Time Space Existence. Eden is a vision for restoring Accra’s Odaw River and Korle Lagoon, and for the city life they could sustain.
Ideas made visible.
Exhibitions let people encounter proposals through space, image, sound and material.
In 2027, we bring Eden to Venice as part of Time Space Existence. Eden is a vision for restoring Accra’s Odaw River and Korle Lagoon, and for the city life they could sustain.
Now unfolding.
ArchXenus' 15-year architectural publication and archive.
Projects and journey coming along.
ArchXenus' 15-year architectural publication and archive. Projects and journey coming along.
QUESTIONS.
Short answers to what people usually ask first.
For anything else, write to us directly.
What is AX Impact Foundation?
AX Impact Foundation is an initiative that provides a home for ideas, knowledge, and new approaches that can help shape a more dignified built future for Africa. It creates space for learning, experimentation, collaboration, and meaningful impact.
What does AX Impact Foundation stand for?
How is AX Impact Foundation connected to ArchXenus?
What is the mission of AX Impact Foundation?
What does “Impact, by Design” mean?
Where does AX Impact Foundation operate?
How can I get involved with AX Impact Foundation?
Come build
with us.
Have a project in mind?
Tell us what you’re building, where you’re going, and how we can help.
We read every message ourselves, and no enquiry disappears into a queue.
AX Impact Foundation
An initiative of ArchXenus.
