Masanga Dwelling: Environmental Architecture in an African Context
Translated title
Masanga Dwelling: Environmental Architecture in an African Context
Author
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2010
Submitted on
2010-06-01
Pages
182
Abstract
The project deals with an actual problem concerning lack of dwellings for the hospital staff in Masanga, Sierra Leone. The project is made in cooperation with the Danish department of Architects Without Borders. The aim is to integrate parameters such as material technology, natural ventilation, daylight and cooling/heating in the project and due to the economic frame of the project low tech solutions are in focus. The design will be carried out as a prototype of staff dwellings and an overall master plan of the area wherein the dwellings are placed. The overall basis for the design is the climatic context being warm and humid. As a point of departure for the project, fi eld work is made in Masanga. Here the sociologic, cultural and topological context is investigated and registrations of the site are made.