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Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Africa Middle East
Stabilized earth visitors’ center, Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa
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Mapungubwe Interpretive Center reflects the natural landscape in its materials and the cultural landscape in its form.
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Pools reflect sun and cool air.
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People gather in the theater.
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The park headquarters is striking.
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Materials draw from the land.
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Visitors enter through trees.
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Workmen make earthen tiles.
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Tile vault has little formwork.
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Masonry vaults temper heat.
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Mapungubwe draws visitors along a path that moves through the museum and into the landscape to better explain a culture and its context.
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Photos of winners and prize hand-over
(l-r): Jury members Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah and Nina Maritz present a Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 for "Stabilized earth visitors’ center, Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa" to
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Overview including project images, self-appraisal, and jury report
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Holcim Awards 2008
Africa Middle East
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Award winners
Gold - River remediation and urban development scheme, Fez, Morocco
Silver - Low-cost school and home for HIV orphans, Rakai, Uganda
Bronze - Lighthouse tower with low-carbon footprint, Dubai, UAE
Acknowledgement
prize winners
Low-impact environmentally-responsive house, Cape Town, South Africa
School infrastructure from local resources, Vele and Vryheid, South Africa
Stabilized earth visitors’ center, Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa
TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania
Xeritown responsive urban planning strategy, Dubai, UAE
"Next Generation"
prize winners
Amphibious dwellings in informal settlements, Lagos, Nigeria
Dune anti-desertification architecture, Sokoto, Nigeria
Waterfront sustainable development concept, Mombasa, Kenya
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