Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

Social housing to improve worker conditions

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Utility courtyard: Highlighting the hierarchy of space, transitioning between open, semi-open and enclosed spaces. The corridor/Veranda doubles up as an extension of the house in the form of semi- private space, commonly shared by kitchen and entrance vestibule of each house.

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    Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize Asia Pacific

    Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize Asia Pacific Winner presentation to Upgrading Labor - Social housing to improve worker conditions, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (l-r): Magali Anderson, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer of the Holcim Group; Neha Rane and Avneesh Tiwari, atArchitecture, Mumbai, India; and Philippe Block, Member of the Holcim Awards jury Asia Pacific 2020 and Academic Committee of the Holcim Foundation.

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    Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize Asia Pacific

    Winner presentation to Upgrading Labor in Cambodia - Social housing to improve worker conditions (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Magali Anderson, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer of the Holcim Group; Neha Rane and Avneesh Tiwari, atArchitecture, Mumbai, India; and Philippe Block, Member of the Holcim Awards jury Asia Pacific 2020 and Academic Committee of the Holcim Foundation.

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Top: Massing Model highlighting the building prototype. Bottom: Housing blocks seen from recreational grounds. At the end of each cluster, double-height volumes contain passageways and common facilities.

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Project Background

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    Urban Plan, Community Court and Massing model

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    Top:Bridge as an integral part of the circulations interconnecting all the clusters. Bottom: Massing Model.

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Design Strategies

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Top:Typical apartment interior. Bottom: Massing model, Elevation

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Plan and Sections

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    Section Detail, Community Court and Massing Model Isometric View

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    Overview of site fabric, typical cluster and apartment unit exploded view.

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    Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

    Neha Rane & Avneesh Tiwari.

  • Awards Acknowledgement prize 2020–2021 Asia Pacific

By Avneesh Tiwari, Neha Rane - atArchitecture, Mumbai, India

Ideas: Inclusion, Economic & Social Empowerment

A social housing project to improve living conditions and social inclusion of workers in the Special Economic Zones.

Upgrading Labor in Cambodia

Project authors

  • “Inspiringly open” in Fifth LafargeHolcim Awards – Sustainable Construction 2017/2018
    Avneesh Tiwari

    atArchitecture

    India

  • “Inspiringly open” in Fifth LafargeHolcim Awards – Sustainable Construction 2017/2018
    Neha Rane

    atArchitecture

    India

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