The Federal
University of the Cameroon, later renamed University of Yaoundé 1, was designed
to accommodate 2,000 students, envisaging 4,000 in the future, and comprised
three faculties - Law, Sciences, and Arts - as well as halls of residence, a
restaurant for 1,200 people, and extensive sporting facilities. Incorporated
within the University, but designed as a separate project, was a Centre for
Health Sciences.
Extensive
use was made of local materials including a range of woods and local stone
which was the main element in many of the facades and the garden bearing walls.
The roofs of some indoor spaces were designed as hyperbolic paraboloids. Decoration
involved significant collaboration with local artists and sculptors, especially
from the Bamileke and Bamoun ethnic groups.
Sources:
Sordet, Monique. L'Université Fédérale du
Cameroun. Avignon: Cameroon Ministry of
Information, 1971/04/01. 12 p.
Université de Yaoundé, Cameroun. - L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, 150, (June/July 1970), 1 p.
Écochard, Michel & Tardits, Claude. "Négritude et architecture contemporaine à l'Université
Fédérale du Cameroun." L'Oeil: revue d'art mensuelle 191 (November 1970)), 10 p.