The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction is a Swiss-based organization funded by the cement of the same name, dedicated to promoting best practices in architecture around the world. This is a project that has been awarded in 2008
Every two years some awards to distinguish calls proposals to improve the traditional way of building on different continents. Bet on the promotion of self-reliance, recycling and the use of appropriate materials to places.
In the call for 2008, Japanese architect, Koji Tsutsui obtained silver medal. His idea was to build a small school and also provide shelter and homes to orphans in Rakai, an agricultural region of Uganda. It was designed on behalf of a small called local Non Governmental Organization Mukwano with the aim to protect young homeless.
It was a very simple proposal in an area devastated by the AIDS epidemic has left broken society by destroying the foundation of society, families. In Uganda more than 50% of the population is under 15 years due to the ravages of the disease since the 25% of the population is infected and more than 50.000 children have been without social or family support.
Modular Organization model for school construction
The initial group of existing buildings in 2010
Plant with overall project organization built
Tsutsui purpose was to build a small school, composed of eight small modules around a courtyard. A set that would serve both for teaching as to house orphans themselves and services necessary. The proposed construction system of extreme simplicity empelando brick as base material.
The project was raised with a very low cost, less than 25.000 € uros. And thanks to this contribution, the first set of buildings has been completed due to own efforts and future beneficiaries. Now, school serves 200 children, of which a quarter are orphans. The replica incremental initial outline how a fractal, will thus regain a sense of community in the future spatial. Thereby, the author intended to create a small social institution family's way alternatives that could expand, then generating a small enclave inhabited and cultivated.
