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· BRIEF ·

· introduction ·
Archstorming’s new competition takes us to Mozambique, a country where 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. This difficult economic situation, most severely affects the situation of children.
Frequently, the lack of financial resources is a significant barrier to the enjoyment of their fundamental rights. They experience many problems; such as the inability to access school, health-care, and housing…
· the NGO ·
In the current competition, we will help Assa, a Mozambican teacher, build a center for children with disabilities and affected by social exclusion, with the help of the Estamos Juntos Initiative and the NGO Somos del Mundo. The winning proposal will be built.
· the location  ·
Archstorming is calling for proposals to design a preschool in the Xai-Xai District (Gaza Province, Mozambique).
The school will be located in a plot between the cities of Xai-Xai and Chongoene, approximately 1 km away of the road that connects them.
· challenge ·
This competition gives you the opportunity to work in the creation of a school in an underdeveloped country. But not only that, in this case the school will be designed for disabled and socially excluded children, so the challenge is even bigger.
The goals of this project will be:
- EDUCATE: create a place where kids can start their educational journey. Make them feel like home by designing a space where they feel comfortable. Build kid-friendly spaces that are completely safe for them, a school where they can learn, play, run, and discover.
- INTEGRATE: since this school will accommodate disabled children and kids in social exclusion, it is fundamental to work in their integration in society. We can help them through architecture by creating adapted spaces where they don’t feel rejected. A dynamic school where they can interact with each other and the surrounding environment.
- BE SUSTAINABLE: the projects will have to use locally sourced materials, easy to build constructive systems, and should be selfsufficient in energy terms. They have to be respectful with nature in order to teach the kids the proper way to interact with their natural environment.

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· THE WINNERS ·

[first prize]

A HUG
Xavier Silva, Manuel Villalaín, Hazem Elshafei
GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
- DETAILED PROPOSAL - 

[SECOND prize]

CREMALHEIRA
Lucía Ulla Clavería, Alejandro Ayala Frutos, Cristina Sanchez Hidalgo, Adrián López Rancaño
BARCELONA, SPAIN
- DETAILED PROPOSAL - 

[THIRD prize]

INTERWOVEN PATHWAYS
ADD Architects
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
- DETAILED PROPOSAL - 

[SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION]

NEW PRESCHOOL IN XAI-XAI DISTRICT
Ou Yang Massimo Hu, Lingshan Zhang
MILAN, ITALY
- DETAILED PROPOSAL - 

[SPECIAL HONORABLE MENTION]

MOZAMBIQUE PRESCHOOL
Liang Hu, Naomi Ng
NEW HAVEN, CT, USA
- DETAILED PROPOSAL - 

[HONORABLE MENTIONS]

MOZAMBIQUE PRESCHOOL
Eliana Ailén Olivera, Leandro Ezequiel Enriquez
POSADAS, ARGENTINA
CRADLE TO LIFE
Haitham Al-Husseiny, Rawan Alnajjar, Mona Abou Fayad, Dalal Alhourani
DUBAI, UAE
COMMON PLACE
Tomás Martínez García, Florian Reisacher
BARCELONA, SPAIN
HALF.
NOMAD
BARCELONA, SPAIN
CORE-YARD
Livio Ercoli, Roland Winkler, Sebastian Correa, Gabriella Michelle
SHANGHAI, CHINA
UNDER THE TREE
Dongming He, Qige Qi, Zeyi Yuan, Yi Xie
WUHAN, CHINA
MOZAMBIQUE PRESCHOOL
Linn Stendahl, Antonia Myleus
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
GLORIOSA SUPERBA
Izaskun Soto Lopez, Henar Merino Refoyo, Felipe Sancho Cervera, Ane Santamaria Castilla
BARCELONA, SPAIN
FLOR DA MANHÃ
Edwin Zuñiga
CUCUTA, COLOMBIA
CHILDHOOD IS INFINITE
Luciana Baez, Belen Graef
POSADAS, ARGENTINA

· THE FINALISTS ·

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· THE BOOK ·

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· JURY ·

Barozzi
Wes Degreef
BC Architects
Brussels (Belgium)
Barozzi
Sylvain, Camille, Simon, Pierre
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Collectif Saga
Nantes (France)
Barozzi
Alina, Paulo
CAS Studio
​ Lisboa (Portugal)
Barozzi
Eslam, Ahmed, Ahmed
AMKNA
Dubai (UAE)
Barozzi
Mariam Kamara
Atelier Masomi
Niamey (Niger)
Barozzi
Carolina Larrazábal
Orkidstudio
Nairobi (Kenya)
Barozzi
Andrea Tabocchini
Andrea Tabocchini
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Barozzi
Marisol Álvarez
Estamos Juntos
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Barozzi
Andreas Wenzel
Estamos Juntos
Freiburg (Germany)
Barozzi
Pablo Madero
Somos del Mundo
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Barozzi
Assa Mabai
Child educator
Xai-Xai (Mozambique)
Barozzi
Augusto Mahumane
Retired professor
Xai-Xai (Mozambique)
BRIEFING (ENGLISH)
BRIEFING (ESPAÑOL)
briefing (portug.)
*Further information (including plans and site pictures) will be sent after registration

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