Africa & Arab States

Rwanda Arts Vocational Institute

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PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION
project email: 
ravi@afh-dc.org
Other project websites: 
http://amanivillage.wetpaint.com/
Project Forum: 
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Design of a vocational institute for women in Rwanda.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Location: 
Mbyo, Rwanda
Project Status: 
pre-design
Start Date: 
May 7, 2008
Construction Date: 
Sep 2009
Completion Date: 
January 1, 2010
Project Area (SF): 
566,280 SF
Project Description: 

Rwanda Arts Vocational Institute (RAVI) will seek to create an environment that promote enduring peace in a post-conflict society through training and educating the female population with vocational skills. RAVI has recognized that a holistic approach to reconciliation is vital. RAVI will combine human rights, education, and economic development with green and sustainable design strategies to provide opportunities to the 200+ students. All of these components are essential to create lasting peace and community empowerment in a region devastated by decades of violence and civil war.

Programmatic Elements: 

vocational training school
library and resource center for human rights and peace-building
computer laboratory
“green” guesthouse and restaurant
playgrounds and sport fields for all of our sports teams
home for street children
health clinic

Sustainability Goals: 
Water purification, Water harvesting, Compost toilets, Biomass, Photo voltaic, Solar cookers
AfHdc PROJECT TEAM
Project Contact(s): 
shuridr
Project Contact(s): 
vrundavaghela
team members: 
hodgeshendricks
jaf
JKerrick
Michelle
mollyaoliver
uiucarc
CLIENT INFORMATION
Client Name: 
RAVI
Client Website: 
http://africagrassroots.org/

Umueze Village Primary School

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PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION
project email: 
umueze@afh-dc.org
Project Forum: 
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OAN link: 
http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/node/708
Design of a primary school campus.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Location: 
Umueze Uzoagba, Ikeduru Local Government, Imo State Nigeria
Project Status: 
design development
Start Date: 
June 8, 2007
Construction Date: 
Jun 2009
Completion Date: 
January 1, 2010
Budget/Cost: 
$250,000
Project Area (SF): 
60,000 SF
Project Description: 

We look to design for the village of Umueze, Nigeria a safe and functional primary schoolhouse. The new building is to replace an existing schoolhouse that has become old and dilapidated, requiring a disproportionate amount of resources and maintenance. The schoolhouse is seen as the center of growth within the village. It is not only a place for children to learn, but a gathering place for the students to populate and create connections that strengthen the community as a whole.

Programmatic Elements: 

18 classrooms, Technology center, Library, Outdoor stage, Conference Room, Bathroom blocks, Kitchen, Play court, Public gallery, Nurse office, Head master office

Concept Statement: 

After one passes through the campus’s gates that defines the threshold into the learning grounds and provides a level of security, the individual is invited to experience a fragmented axial courtyard that connects the existing building transformed into library/media center (symbol of growth & progress) to an outdoor gathering space (preservation of community).

Lining the courtyard are classrooms which are oriented to maximize the use of passive technologies and create an open facade to the courtyard, allowing for exchanges of views and experience. Between the classroom blocks, interstitial trellised outdoor spaces are formed offering opportunities to expand the classroom beyond the walls formally defined.

Integrated in the courtyard are interactive landscape/hardscape elements creating a spatial experience for children to play as they desire and along with areas for seating and paths leading to end destinations.

Project Goals: 

Exceptional learning environment
Self Sustaining
Cost-Effective
Culturally responsive
Community spaces
Icon of progress
Empowerment of Technology and Trades

Sustainability Goals: 
Water purification, Water harvesting, Compost toilets, Biomass, Photo voltaic, Solar cookers
AfHdc PROJECT TEAM
Project Contact(s): 
jaf
team members: 
BillyA
gabrielaromero
Michelle
shuridr
tharkin
uiucarc
CLIENT INFORMATION
Client Name: 
God First