Tropical Architecture Rwanda

Tipologia Raccolta di progetti didattici

Genere  Saggistica

Serie/Collana  INReTe

Autore Manlio Michieletto

ISBN 978-88-32050-57-8

Edizione febbraio 2021

Lingua Inglese

Formato 16,8 x 24 cm

Bandelle 10 cm

Pagine 92

Stampa Colore

Cartaceo brossura filo refe

The INReTe series aims to collect international teaching activities starting from a teaching experience carried out at the University of Rwanda and opening up to new developments and collaborations for the future.
Tropical Architecture Rwanda tells the story of a design studio run in the academic year 2018-19 at the Department of Architecture of the University of Rwanda. 22 students worked for 11 weeks on the project of a youth dormitory in a site close to the lake Muhazi in the Eastern Province 33 kilometres far from capital city Kigali. The synergic collaboration with the non-profit organization Journeyman International led the students to work on a real project requested by the International NGO “Youth for Christ”, a dormitory to host 120 kids during their summer vacation surrounded by an amazing and flourishing natural environment. The aim core of the design studio was to transmit an architectural method to compose spaces in a peculiar habitat characterized by the tropical climate that substantially means to comply with few and simple rules: building orientation, sun protection and natural ventilation. After the analysis of selected case studies, mostly realized in the East African Region, the design process proceeded individually through the conception of the artefact made by three main components: a common sheltered area and the female and male blocks. The client requirements pointed out the needs of having a visual connection with the lake, a prominent environmental preservation placing the building along the contour lines and the use of locally produced construction materials. The book presents in the last section the final conceived outputs in order to demonstrate that the future is directed towards a tropical architecture in Rwanda.