· BRIEF ·
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Archstorming’s new competition takes us to Senegal (Africa), a country with regions where only 50% of school-age children have access to education and where classrooms are often crammed with up to 80 students per class due to the limited number of structures.
In this project we will be collaborating with the NGO Let's Build My School (LBMS), a UK registered charity which was founded in 2016 to build schools in developing countries with a particular focus on remote areas which lack educational facilities. Beyond delivering structures built using locally sourced, sustainable, recycled materials, LBMS researches and applies construction techniques which do not require any prior technical skills in construction so that the local community may be able to replicate the process and help to further develop their village long after LBMS has left. Applying those principles will be the challenge for our next competition, where the winning proposal will be built. |
· challenge ·
Archstorming is calling for proposals to design an elementary school in Marsassoum, Senegal.
The school is currently constructed of bamboo walls and zinc roofs and it is in very bad conditions. The classrooms rarely survive the rainy season and that results in the cancellation of classes and students failing their academic year. In this competition we will research innovative and low-cost construction techniques in order to replace this temporary school with built structures. One of the most important aspects of this competition is to inspire people so they can build their own houses using the same technique once the construction of the school has finished. The new school will need 7 classrooms, a library, two offices, and latrines. In addition, each contestant can optionally include a canteen, an orchard and a small corral in the facility. See more detailed information in the briefing of the competition. |
· THE WINNERS ·
[first prize]
Santiago Osorio, Carlos Peña, Mauricio Suárez
SANTIAGO DE CALI, COLOMBIA
[SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION]
Francesco Casini, Federico Caserta, Fiamma Ficcadenti
ROME, ITALY
[SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION]
Kushal Shah, Aasish Janardhan, Edwin James
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS + MILAN, ITALY
[HONORABLE MENTIONS]
Cristina Iordache, Ana Dinca
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Thiago de Paula Nardelli, Natalia Fernanda Vieira Zoilo, Ana Luiza Devito Cuenca, Marcela Ferro Agulhão
CAMPINAS, SP, BRAZIL
Felix Exton-Smith
WALLINGFORD, UNITED KINGDOM
Guillermo Biondo, Javier Cabello, Sebastian Murillo
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, CHILE
David Villegas, Paula Castel, Nicole Stephanie Cardona Barbosa
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO + BARCELONA, SPAIN + CALI, COLOMBIA
Ludovica Cassina, Cristian Rancati, Antonio Paoletti
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Thomas Grannells, Johnny Sprunt
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Gurdev Singh
VADODARA, INDIA
Sean Anderson, Tobias Jimenez, Zaky Ramadhan, Akkarawin Valinluck
SEATTLE, WA, USA
Jules Burguet, Julien Sarale, Remi Merchat, Jonathan Tholoniat
PARIS, FRANCE
· JURY ·
Cofounder of Let's Build My School. Her NGO has already built two schools in Senegal. |
He has been working in Let's Build My School since the beginning of the charity. He manages the budget of the school construction. |
Colectivo Mel, started to develop social projects in Guinea Bissau in 2014. Their designs are strongly influenced by the environment and vernacular architecture. |
Thorpe is known internationally for his innovative and dynamic work, taking a rigorous approach to the integration of architecture, design and technology. Marc Thorpe
MTD | Marc Thorpe Design New York (USA) |
Zani is a Civil and Construction Engineer. She has experience in research of earth structures and is also a fellow of the network African Design Center. |
Ulrich is an expert in the field of building with clay. He has written several books regarding the topic, is a chairman of the Dachverband Lehm eV, and works in the speciallized company Claytech. |
Check out the InsideOut school, in Abetenim, Ghana. It has won several international awards and was built in 60 days with just 12.000 euro, together with local population and volunteers from 20 different countries. Francesca Vittorini and Andrea Tabocchini
Teramo (Italy) |
Tore designed along with Assad Ansar and Andreas Brunvoll the Niafourang Youth Center, located in Casamance, Senegal, the same region where our school will be located. |
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