Education Center Nyanza

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The Education Center Nyanza is a training center in Nyanza , Rwanda . The training center was built in 2010 according to plans by the Munich architect Dominikus Stark .

architecture

The country of Rwanda is highly urbanized . The model is the typology of the local courtyard house . A training center was built to strengthen the rural region. The buildings are grouped around a central square. Courtyards, alleys and niches are created in the spaces between them, creating places with different quality of stay.

The ensemble shows its importance as a public building in the small-scale environment.

The sloping roofs collect rainwater, rows of columns in front and deeply cut courtyards provide shade. A ventilation concept in combination with the storage mass of the massive brick walls enables a pleasant room climate. Brick is a locally available material and can be installed without machines. Local craftsmen have handcrafted 575,000 bricks and put them together with precision work.

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Individual evidence

  1. Project at Dominikus Stark Architects (PDF), accessed on July 10, 2020
  2. ^ Education Center Nyanza , Fritz Höger Prize for Brick Architecture 2020, accessed on July 10, 2020