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1,407 options for a new government district. One decision in three weeks.
For Cité Administrative Libreville 2, a 40-hectare government district in Gabon, Hakken generated and ranked 1,407 development options so the Prime Minister’s office could choose a scheme on comparable evidence, not on images alone.
- Project
- Cité Administrative Libreville 2
- Location
- Libreville, Gabon · Central Africa, on the Atlantic coast
- Site
- 40 hectares
- Program
- Ministries, shared government amenities and the Prime Minister’s office
- Time to decision
- 3 weeks
01 · The problem
A challenging site, and a decision that needed more than renderings.
Cité Administrative Libreville 2 brings government ministries, their shared amenities and the Prime Minister’s office together on a single 40-hectare site in Libreville, the capital of Gabon on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa.
The site was challenging, and the Prime Minister wanted to see many different options before choosing one. Not only as images: every option had to be ranked against the same KPIs, so the choice could be compared and explained.
02 · The approach
Generate at scale. Rank every option on the same KPIs.
- 01Read the siteThe site and its constraints were brought into one model, so every option would be tested against the same conditions.
- 02GenerateHakken generated 1,407 development options for the government district.
- 03RankEvery option was ranked against the client’s KPIs on one evidence base.
- 04ShortlistThe strongest 12 were shortlisted for the client to review and compare.
03 · The impact
From 1,407 options to one chosen scheme, in three weeks.
- 1,407options generated
- 12shortlisted on the KPIs
- 1winning option, chosen by the client
- 3 weeksfrom start to decision
The client chose the winning option from the shortlist, on ranked and comparable evidence rather than on renderings alone, three weeks after the work began.