AFRICAN SCHOOL PROJECT: Education for the future

The aim of this project is to provide a better education to the youngest citizens of the country by giving them the opportunity to access a decent secondary school infrastructure.

Description
Universal education, gender equality and empowering women are vital components of the mission in developing countries. Educating children helps reduce poverty and will give the next generation the tools to fight poverty and conquer disease. School also offers children a safe environment, with support, supervision and socialization. Here they learn life skills that can help them prevent diseases, including how to avoid HIV/AIDS and malaria. Children may receive life-saving vaccines, fresh water and nutrient supplementation at school.
Archstorming is calling for proposals to design a secondary school in Benga (Malawi).
Benga is located in the Nkhotakota District, situated 10 km east of Lake Malawi and 30 km west of the Ntchisi Forest Reserve. It is 60 km south of Nkhotakota Township and 50 km north of Salima Township. Benga is located halfway of these towns, in a tar road.
The aim of this project is to provide a better education to the youngest citizens of the country by giving them the opportunity to access a decent secondary school infrastructure.
The school must be designed to accommodate four academic years. At first only one classroom per academic year will be constructed, but participants will have to take into account that the school could be extended in the future to three classrooms per academic year, which means twelve classrooms could be build at some point.
In the proposals, participants have to adapt on using local materials, easy constructive systems and energetic technologies in order to make proposals as realistic and efficient as possible.
To achieve the goals set the following program is proposed:
Four classrooms, Teacher office, Computers room, Library, Laboratory/ research area, Animal area, Multipurpose space, Dry latrine, Director and secretary office, Meeting room, Storage room, Students dormitories, Twelve basic houses for the teachers.

Jury
Fernando Aguirre, Missionary Community of St Paul the Apostle, Benga (Malawi)
Kenneth Kim, ​MOREMAS Architecture, New York (USA)
Steven Ochieng, Missionary Community of St Paul the Apostle, ​Benga (Malawi)
Teresa Garolera, Active Africa NGO, Barcelona (Spain)
James Barasa, Missionary Community of St Paul the Apostle, Benga (Malaui)
More to be announced

Prize
The winning proposal will be built.

Entry Fee
Registration fees will depend on how many teams are already registered in the moment of your registration.
50€ 〜150€

Timetable
JURY DECISION: MARCH 20th - APRIL 3rd
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: APRIL 3rd

Organizer
Archstorming

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