Thursday, September 28, 2017

New green school in Kibera slum replaces original started by concerned Kenyan mothers

A group of mothers started the Anwa primary school in Kibera, Kenya, where extremely poor children don't have access to education. Over time, the school has grown in attendance and needed a new facility that would replace the 2-story ramshackle building which it occupied until then. Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) designed the new main building in close collaboration with the school community as a model for sustainable, context-based design. The architects used sustainably sourced and certified...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/new-green-school-in-kibera-slum-replaces-original-started-by-concerned-kenyan-mothers
via Inhabitat

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