School as community hub and tourism spot

In relation to the traffic of people commuting to and from Ruteng on daily basis, the city needs a new community hub. Its purpose is to not only become a venue of local attractions and events, but also sustaining local values and traditions. Also in the belief that the amount of spending and duration of stay will increase to help boost the city’s income, which will then impact on the increase of quality of living.

New building technology for community

The school currently produces batako/bricks of poor quality. However, the people in the city buy because there are no better options available. With the development of this school, both architects and contractors try to increase the quality of batako/bricks as the boost of quality standards benchmarks for the whole Ruteng. Flores bamboo is one of the best in the world. Unfortunately, it is rarely known and utilized due to the lack of skills and knowledge. Hence, the development of this building will encourage a major use of bamboo materials as an awareness act for the surrounding people. To also share the functional skills with the people of Ruteng, the construction of the school will be conducted with open participatory method.

Self Sufficient System

A non-profit institution manages the very limited funds of the school. The lack of funds affects the quality of the building and the education provided by and for the children. We believe the school needs to be self-sufficient and the additional income could come from the events held at the school. Following the increase of living standards generated by tourism, the city will also be influenced by increased demands. New building technology and public services from the vocational skills are able to supply the said demands. And in addition, the school will generate well-educated young people for better future city developments.