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Holcim Awards 2008 Africa Middle East

Silver: Low-cost school and home for HIV orphans, Rakai, Uganda

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From a design with a tree as the symbolic center of the village (inset), the first series of eight buildings are now completed (main image) including residential space for 50 orphans and a primary school catering to around 200 children.

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Type of project:
Architecture (education)
Start of construction:
2007
Author:
Koji Tsutsui, architect, Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates, Tokyo, Japan


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Project Summary
HIV/Aids has made orphans of millions of children. With a tree at its symbolic center, the Lowcost school and home for HIV orphans enables children to create their own home, and even help in its construction. As the children grow to adulthood, the village can be extended for their own families to grow up in this caring community.

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Koji Tsutsui (right) receiving the Global Holcim Awards 2009 finalist certificate from Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation, in the context of the hand-over event for the Global Holcim Awards "Innovation" prize in San Francisco.

Update - finalist certificate hand-over event in San Francisco, May 31, 2009

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