The new Garage Italia in Dakar is a professional school for mechanics based on the model already developed by the NGO Bambini nel Deserto in Burkina Faso.The structure will rise on the shores of Lac Rose, traditional arrival location of the Paris – Dakar rally. The proposed architecture uses the containers as main elements so …
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Market for refugees camp – Kenya
The project for a new market for the Kakuma refugee camp was developed for the 2017 IDevelopment international competition. Around a large square with an elliptical shape shaded by an innovative bamboo structure, there are spaces for market stands and environments that can be used as classrooms for professional training or as shared laboratories for …
Cultural and sports center – Zambia
In the village of Mukwamba, not far from Lusaka, the NGO Sport 2 Build has built several schools over the years. To complete the educational offer it is necessary to build an arena that can be used for sports and theater activities. The metal structure has been designed using modular elements but varying the heights …
Rehabilitation program for water basins and irrigation channels – eSwatini
The activities concerned the preliminary design and the feasibility study for a program of restoration and rehabilitation interventions of dams and small reservoirs for the collection of water for irrigation purposes in the region of Lubombo, eastern Swaziland. The projects were carried out for the participation of the NGO COSPE in the call of the …
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Waste management plan and dumpsite – Ghana
Technical assessments, masterplan design and evaluation of alternative management plans of dumping for the new Aysakrom dump site. The masterplan for the new dump site, located in the northern outskirts of Axim is based on the innovative use of recycled materials for the leachate layers, the use of phytoremediation technology and a dynamic waste disposal …
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Matondo secondary school – Kinshasa
Masterplan, architectural design, structural design, site survey and works direction of the new Matondo secondary school, located in the Kinshasa’s suburb of Limete. The new school serves around 1000 students from the suburb, the masterplan has been developed involving teachers boards and students, maximizing the flexibility of interior spaces in order to offer a conference …
Urban assessment: slums of Freetown – Sierra Leone
Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone, is unique among West African towns as it was founded by British philanthropists in 1789 to give an home to freed African slaves. Liberated slaves from different African cultures built a polycentric town, made by small ethnic villages with different languages, religious beliefs and traditions. During the recent rebel …
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