TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Theater entrance.

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    TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Site plan and longitudinal section.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Material map for TunaHAKI project.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": South view of the orphanage.

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    North view of the orphanage.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Orphanage entrance.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Orphanage atrium house section.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Ventilated roofing structure.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Theater cross section.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": Theater inside view.

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    Project entry 2008 Africa Middle East - "TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania": The winning team of a Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Africa Middle East.

  • Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008–2009 Middle East Africa

The concept behind this entry is both ordinary and spectacular. It connects an orphanage to a public theater – a private compound with a festive gathering place. As a communal focal point, orphans can better integrate into the life of the village; the concept also facilitates the sharing of construction and operational costs.

By Helena Sandman, Jenni Reuter, Saija Hollmén - hollmen-reuter-sandman-architect, Helsinki, Finland; Claude Armstrong, Donna Cohen - Armstrong + Cohen Architecture, Gainesville, FL, USA

Ideas: Economic & Social Empowerment

The concept behind the TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage is both ordinary and spectacular. It connects an orphanage to a public theater – a private compound with a festive gathering place.

As a communal focal point, orphans can better integrate into the life of the village; the concept also facilitates the sharing of construction and operational costs.

TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage

Project authors

  • Helena Sandman

    hollmen-reuter-sandman-architect

    Finland

  • Claude Armstrong

    Armstrong + Cohen Architecture

    USA

  • Jenni Reuter

    hollmen-reuter-sandman-architect

    Finland

  • Donna Cohen

    Armstrong + Cohen Architecture

    USA

  • Saija Hollmén

    hollmen-reuter-sandman-architect

    Finland

Project updates

November 13, 2008 | Holcim Awards | Marrakech, Morocco

Sustainable construction projects applauded across Africa Middle East

The winners of the second Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction from across region Africa Middle East were announced at a ceremony in Marrakech. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to eleven projects that illustrated the broad scope for applying sustainable construction approaches to the built environment across public and private architecture, urban planning, and environmental remediation.

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June 19, 2008 | Regional Jury Report – Africa Middle East | Johannesburg, South Africa

Regional Jury Report for TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, Moshi, Tanzania

The program for the TunaHAKI Center located in Moshi, Tanzania, is at the same time both ordinary and spectacular, an orphanage and a public theatre. As opposed to the conventional approach of accommodating orphaned children in facilities isolated from the rest of the community, the orphanage is conceptualized as a communal focal point anchoring other community activities.

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February 29, 2008 | Project Entry & Details | Moshi, Tanzania

Project Entry 2008 for Africa Middle East

The concept behind the TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage is both ordinary and spectacular. It connects an orphanage to a public theater – a private compound with a festive gathering place. As a communal focal point, orphans can better integrate into the life of the village; the concept also facilitates the sharing of construction and operational costs.

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Moshi, Tanzania