Sarah Bartmann Centre of Remembrance
South Africa
Sarah Bartmann Centre of Remembrance In an open international architectural competition, the Department of Arts & Culture required the design of a remembrance centre that would honour and document the life of Sarah Bartmann as well as the heritage of the Khoi-San people.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
15
Wazi Ukweli Hub
Uganda
Located at the heart of Kampala is an Innovation Hub for creatives. This hub aims to break the illusion between finished products and process as it pays tribute to the work put in by creatives. With sustainability strategies imbedded in the design, it is a prototype that can be replicated.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
28
Superdome Ifakara
Tanzania
A decade-long relationship links the rural town of Ifakara in Tanzania with architecture students from Dar es Salaam & Lucerne/Switzerland. "Superdome" is the result of a 2-week international design/build workshop: an innovatively designed, cheap and effective multipurpose hall made of local bricks and teakwood poles.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
167
Village Health Works Staff Housing
Burundi
Embedded in the rural Burundi mountainside, this 18-bed Staff Housing is a romance between East African elemental aesthetics and inventive off-the grid sustainability. The design responds to the concern that just because the villagers are poor, there was no reason why their housing could not be forward thinking and beautiful.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
5
Kasbah OF Knowledge - Middle school
Morocco
"The kasba of knowledge" is a college with architectural vocabulary inspired by the Moroccan heritage. Protected by a "wall" of ocher concrete and wrapped in a white "moucharabieh", this space aims to create an propitious atmosphere to learning by stimulating curiosity and the appetite for discovery.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2
Chimphamba Village Church
Malawi
The community of Chimphamba (Malawi) have been gathering for years in a church building that was near to collapse. The community has also outgrown the dilapidated building. A4AC designed and managed the construction of this building inspired by the existing and familiar elements in the community.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
5