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Casa África hosts, from next Wednesday 23rd October, in one of its exhibition halls, the exhibition Ignored Modernity. Modern Architecture of Luanda. The exhibition, consisting of didactic panels and photographs, is one of the four parts of a project coordinated by the School of Architecture of the University of Alcalá and in which the Schools of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon and the Agostinho Net Luanda University (Angola) have taken part.

According to the project coordinators, Paz Nuñez and Robert Goycoolea, it all arose from the "shared concern" of Angolan , Portuguese and Spanish architects and historians: "Studying and disclosing what was, is and can be ignored Sub-Saharan modern architecture."

And this is because the Angolan capital Luanda, contains a little known architectural treasure: its centre is a paradigmatic example of adaptation to a specific climatic and cultural reality of the principles of so-called Modern Architecture, the movement which, with the seed of the German Bauhaus,  had its main development in the International Congresses of Modern Architecture, undertaken in Europe between 1928 and 1959. This movement planned to make architecture the protagonist of a new urban model for a more just and democratic society.

The exhibition can be seen until 5th December, and will be open from 09:30 am to 18:30 pm Monday to Friday, sharing the area with another exhibition installed right now at Casa África, Cape Verde Scene. The visit to both exhibitions is free.