Centre pour le bien etre des femmes
Burkina Fasso, 2007
FARE Studio (Riccardo Vanucci) for Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo
This is a project undertaken by an NGO Italian – supported by international cooperation of his government- which aims to improve health and social conditions of women in a poor suburb of the capital of Burkina Faso. Located in the African Sahel, east of Mali, this country had a GDP per Capita of 1,189 $ en 2008 and was located between the 10 human development recent posts, ranking 161 about 170.
Perspective of the general organization of the building
The center is dedicated to health and educational services, trying to improve the conditions of women in the area; tries to extend and better education, health prevention and awareness of rights in a very depressed. It has also generated with this community meeting space, in a place that services and opportunities for self-organization are scarce.
The building, constructed by cement bricks manufactured in situ, stands on a platform that improves natural ventilation and protects against dust and moisture. The holes are designed with simple locksmith folding glass pieces. The use of local materials and craftsmanship using own improvement overall sustainability of the new implementation.
The interesting thing about the work, in addition to its very low cost, is the introduction of simple measures that ensure high resource sufficiency. A separate cover essential building offers a shade to reduce the incidence of sunlight powerful. It also has elements that do not need external supplies, no network access, to have made an own well and electrical installation comprising photovoltaic panels that fully cover the needs of water and energy.
Dotacional This character building has gained international recognition as one of the 18 winning projects by the Aga Khan Foundation en 2010. It represents a form of self-centering contribution to the development of West African countries, that does not involve the depletion of resources and that is organized from the civil society in the developed world.
It is very interesting, Fede. I understand that you have nothing to do with its construction, Is that right? A hug! Andrew.
Now we would like.
However, some architects canaries if just starting out in this kind of experience.
Well I'm glad you like it, because they do not know because “internationalization” only means expansion into emerging and distant, and not to the less emerging, but closer. Regards, A-
Very good sustainable construction. And they have CTE.
If, is spectacular, when we were were doing more bricks to expand teachers' housing (are outside the school) and make a bigger kitchen because more children were conceived and gives them a meal …hot every day. Not only the building, is all that is in it and surrounding it what is so well thought, integrating its users in a way that is not seen in our neighboring.