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Archstorming is launching a new competition in partnership with the NGO Kakolum. We will travel to Casamance, a region in Senegal marked by an identity conflict that started more than 30 years ago and continues to this day. This region, located between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, faces several challenges, one of which is the lack of classrooms for primary and secondary school children.
Schools in Casamance are temporary structures, mostly made of straw, mud or scraps of aluminium, in which students sit on the ground and teachers rarely have a desk or chair. The NGO has been working on the reconstruction of schools in the area, and now they have decided to build a new one in the beach town of Kafountine. Even though Kafountine's population is around 17,000 inhabitants, there is only one secondary school in the town. This school is currently attended by more than 1,000 students, although the infrastructure doesn’t meet the appropriate conditions to accommodate more than 600. That is why it is necessary to build another secondary school that meets the growing need for schooling in the area. |
· challenge ·
This competition will look for designs for a brand-new school for 400 students that will be built in Kafountine, Senegal.
One of Kakolum’s main goals is being sustainable and environmentally conscious, and they want this new school to respect that too. For that reason, it will be very important to use local materials and easy-to-learn construction techniques. This is a chance to bring this community a cheap building method they can use not only in this school but also in future constructions. Also, this school can proof that earth construction can be highly beneficial. It is a fireproof material, durable yet biodegradable, non-toxic, and a material that provides sufficient thermal mass to buildings to ensure great thermal performance. It has low sound transmission levels through walls and a general feeling of solidity and security. The school will have 10 classrooms, 1 multipurpose space, 2 offices, bathrooms, a covered courtyard and an open courtyard. Do you accept the challenge? |
· THE WINNERS ·
[first prize]
Donghwan Moon, Jong Hwa Lee, Jee Yeon Han, Byungryoung Lee
NEW YORK, USA
[SECOND prize]
Diego Peña, Jorge Cobacho, Niccolo Navarro Di meo, Blanca Domínguez
SEVILLE, SPAIN
[third prize]
Cesar Fernando Flores, Shary Ramirez, Stephane Sebastian Bidault, Karen Poulain
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
[special honorable mention]
John Sajan, Deepika Amonkar, Sreyas Kolary, Sooraj Suresh
KOTTAYAM, INDIA
[special honorable mention]
Sen Cao, Rui Huang, Qi Li, Xingyue Wang
ZHENGZHOU, CHINA
[HONORABLE MENTIONS]
Oussama Khalfi, Schaima Bahrini
TUNIS, TUNISIA
Peng Chien Chang, Pei Ru Chen, Ting Ting Yang
SHANGHAI, CHINA
Thomas Melville
BOSTON, USA
Juan Jose González, Cristian Almario, Brahian Pinto, Kelly Marin
MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
Romina Mangini, Alejandro Cuadro, Luan Heide, Josefina Calzavara
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
Bassel Omara
DUBAI, UAE
Maria Tîlvescu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Sandra Palau, Ane Crisan, Covadonga Cueto-Felgueroso
BERLIN, GERMANY
Haejin Suh, Jiho Park, Byeonghyeon Kim, Hyerim Kim
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Francesco Valletta
FLORENCE, ITALY
Ting-Yi Lin, Chiao-Lin Yang, Hung-Yu Chu, San-Yu Chang
TAINAN, TAIWAN
Eakkriddi Punnalerdkun, Natwadee Kleawsirikul, Itsree Chamnankit, Yanisa Rungruengphol
BANGKOK, THAILAND
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*Further information (including plans, site pictures, videos and more) will be sent after registration
· JURY ·
Tosin Oshinowo is a Nigerian architect, creative entrepreneur, public speaker and author.Known for her works on the design of Maryland Mall in Lagos, she created her own Architectural Design firm, CmDesign Atelier in 2012. |
Laila Badawi is the founder and director of Grids Architects. The team is dedicated to creating innovative spaces in interior and exterior. With diversity in project types, Grids work is based on research and a special attention to clients’ uniqueness. |
A graduate of the Paris School of Architecture, Mélissa shaped her experience in prestigious firms such as Archi Concept or Koffi Diabaté before launching her own agency, Jeannette Studio Architecture |
She works at Vavaki Architects. She created her own firm in 2016, Creatture Studio and founded the social media brand African Female Architects, where she highlights the contributions of fellow women from the continent. |
Her practice was established in 2005, in the same year that she was awarded the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Young Architect Award. Since then, the practice has developed an international presence, working in places such as Switzerland or London. |
She is a registered architect in the United States and Uganda. After completing her studies she worked for design firms in London, Washington DC, and New York. Now based in Kampala, she founded Adengo Architecture in 2015. |
She’s always kept in mind the objective to work on sustainable projects amid the continent and global south and in 2016, l’Atelier tropical was created in order to propose a tailor-made and qualitative services with a modern African aesthetic. |
She graduated as an architect in 2004 having studied architecture at ENSA Paris and Switzerland. She has worked and led projects in New York, Paris and now she runs her own office called Françose Akinosho architecture. |
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