Our team of teachers, designers, and editors ensure that our resources are of the highest quality and perfect for your classroom. It also includes a few pictures of the school and staff below. School in gando, burkina faso, architectural design 10. The selection of the years will trigger a process to show you the number of results on your search according to the selected criteria. The northern and western facades facing the mountains and harbour will remain free of extra layers. Radically simple extract by marcelo della giustina. This permits free movement when the material contracts or dilates. Raising funds through an organisation in berlin, he applied the knowledge gained through his architectural education and associates in germany to design the school in local sustainable materials. Here, he conceived the idea of building a new village school to replace the decaying existing one, which had fallen into disuse.
Jan 16, 2011 dano, burkina faso in 2001, while still a student at dano, burkina faso the berlin technical university, diebedo francis kere completed his first project. Berlin, the aga khan award for architecture primary school gando, burkina faso. Presentation of the global holcim awards gold 2012 for secondary school with passive ventilation system, gando, burkina faso lr. His architectural practice has been recognized nationally and internationally with awards including the aga khan award for architecture 2004 for his first building, a primary school in gando, burkina faso. Kere was born in the village of gando, which lies in burkina faso, west africa, and was the first member of his community to attend school. This library represents for us an important accomplishment since it. School in gando, burkina faso school in gando, burkina faso brislin, paul 20121101 00. Primary school in gando, burkina faso education in burkina faso is structured in much the same way as in the rest of the world. Frank foundation is supporting francis kere in building environmentally sustainable and climatically appropriate schools in west africa by funding the construction of a new school he has designed in his birthplace, the village of gando in burkina faso. His objective was to combine the knowledge he had gained in europe, with traditional building methods from burkina faso. Kere, grew up in a small village which had no school infrastructure, forcing him to move to a village 40km awa y to. Manuela macchi, head of corporate social responsibility and communication at holcim italy center congratulates the team from arco lr. Free teaching resources include posters, worksheets, classroom games, activities, lesson plans, and more. Education in burkina faso wikipedia republished wiki 2.
I believe that if we educate girls, we will educate this nation. There was an old sow with three little pigs, and as she had not. Luca trabattoni, diego torriani, alessio battistella and valerio marazzi. Diebedo francis kere was born april 10, 1965 in gando, burkina faso and. Just when we thought the end was in sight the government in burkina faso are withholding their recognition of our project as an official school until the admin block has been completed and a good water suppy has been sorted. Another aspect of this work is the fact that the overall project was carried out in cooperation with young people who had already been trained through previous. Help to selfhelp is the ideology of diebedo francis kere, a young architect from burkina faso who is attempting to improve the lot of his west african countrymen. This page has descriptions of my teaching experience and the burkinabe school system.
Schorge secondary school in koudougou, burkina faso. Primary school in gando, burkina faso arqa primary school extension, gando eng eng three years after the opening, the school counts more than 280 pupils from gando and its surrounding villages. Raising funds through an organisation in berlin, he applied the knowledge gained through his architectural education and associates in germany to. Pdf the rural school as a place for sustainable community. Aga khan award for architecture for the construction of the gando primary school. As of 2008, despite efforts to improve education, the country still had the lowest adult literacy rate in the world 25. Suffering from poverty, insufcient infrastructure, and a lack of educational facilities, more.
In burkina faso even primary education cannot be taken for granted. It is it was designed by kere, an architect living in berlin, who comes from burkina faso and very well knows the. Programme overvieweducation the education sector has achieved significant results over the past decade, as evidenced by the increase in the gross enrolment rate. Two years after the completion of the primary school, there was demand from more than 260 children from gando and the surrounding. It goes back to the 1970s in burkina faso, when there were no schools in gando. Global holcim awards finalist certificate handover for sustainable refurbishment of a primary school, al azarije, palestine. Burkina faso north and west africa flags of the world pre schoolanimation videos for kids. Raising funds through an organisation in berlin, he applied the knowledge gained through his. Download free teaching resources for primary teachers.
A large proportion of children who enrol in primary school do not complete. Burkina faso north and west africa flags of the world pre school animation videos for kids. In 2001, architect diebedo francis kere completed the design and construction of a primary school for his home village of gando in burkina faso. With overwhelming support from surrounding villages, the school extension was built in.
Secondary school primary school francis kere tanzania place card holders architecture ghana. Enrique norten, principal and founder of ten arquitectos, and head of the global holcim awards jury congratulates main author of the winning project, francis kere, and members of his team, david jun, ines bergdolt, and hanna kummerle. Evidence from the bright school construction program in burkina faso by harounan kazianga, dan levy, leigh l. One day came a wolf, the first pig went back and hid in his straw house, but the big bad wolf huffed and puffed. Media in category primary school, gando the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Ume 21 contents click button to view thumbnails of pages.
An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer such as microsofts free reader application, or a booksized computer this is used solely as a reading device such as nuvomedias rocket ebook. Feel free to contact joy on 021 793 777 or glennis 021 072 6210. Gando, with a population of 3,000, lies on the southern plains of burkina faso. Education in burkina faso is structured in much the same way as in the rest of the world. Primary school in gando, burkina faso in 2008, a new primary school, intended to accommodate 280 pupils from the village and the surrounding areas, was built in the village of gando in burkina faso. Search for data related to this country by selecting the dimensions that you want to include in your results. Among his main works are the primary school 2001 and the library under construction of gando, burkina faso. As of yet, a secondary school, school library, and womens center are still under construction and pending funds. Click on a thumbnail image to see the larger photo. In keeping with the educational mission of tippet rise, the tippet rise fund of the sidney e. The library will be finished in 2012and completes the school extension in gando. Sustainable refurbishment of a primary school, near al azarije. The gando primary school rapidly attracted attention and international recognition for its. Primary school in gando kere architecture archdaily.
Born in 1965 in burkina faso, but educated in berlin where he lives and teaches at. Abstract in 2001, architect diebedo francis kere completed the design and construction of a primary school for his home village of gando in. Eucalyptus is thought of as a weed in burkina faso. Kere took clay, a locally available and free material that has been used for. Secondary school with passive ventilation system in burkina faso traditional building methods and contemporary technologies. Kere architecture naaba belem goumma secondary school. Kere was the first person from his village of gando to go to university, studying architecture in berlin, where his.
School in gando, burkina faso kere 2012 architectural design. The village became famous in 2004, when the architect diebedo francis kere, originating from gando and living in germany, received the prestigious aga khan award for architecture for the construction of the gando primary school. Burkina faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a literacy rate of 29% unesco institute for statistics. A primary school extension and teachers housing were built to support the overwhelming demand of educational resources. Because many children have to work in the fields, they do not attend school, the outcome of which is that only one in four adults in burkina faso is literate.
Primary school in gando extension kere architecture. The cast onsite walls of the new school in gando burkina faso are made of locallysourced clay and aggregates, using just ten percent cement. Building blocks for gando was set up by the award winning architect diebedo francis kere in 1998. Project dano school passively cool burkina faso credits. Diebedo francis kere was born april 10, 1965 in gando, burkina faso and studied at the. Foreword building is a social act radically simple burkina faso, gando projects primary school complex the story of the architect from gando projects in burkina faso projects in mali, kenya, mozambique, sudan a man of the people worldwide projects exhibitions and installations the architect as culture broker appendix. Primary school by diebedo francis kere, gando, burkina faso. Generally they are freestanding buildings cut from soil and hollowed out.
Two examples of his work are the primary school built in gando, burkina faso and the kere centre for earth architecture in mopti, mali. Two years after the completion of the gando primary school, there was still a high demand from children in the region. Kere was the first person from his village of gando to go to university, studying architecture in berlin, where his practice is based. Download hundreds of free primary elementary school teaching resources to use in your classroom. View of test building, erected to test resistance of compressed earth blocks to rain. Catherine slessor, primary school, gando, burkina faso. Vernacular village compound in gando, aerial view, burkina faso, 2016.
Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. The design is based on the same climatic ideas as the. Grando primary school, gando, burkina faso dailymotion. Gando is a village in burkina faso, in the centreest region, the boulgou province and the department of tenkodogo. Secondary school with passive ventilation system, gando, burkina. Francis kere, a native of gando, burkina faso is a german trained architect. Two years after the completion of the primary school, there was demand from more than 260 children from gando. As of 2008, despite efforts to improve education, the country had the lowest adult literacy rate in the world 25. Free greenhouse prepare for you greenhouse design ideas see more. Grando primary school, gando, burkina faso video dailymotion. Education in burkina faso wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Dano, burkina faso in 2001, while still a student at dano, burkina faso the berlin technical university, diebedo francis kere completed his first project. However, challenges remain and the strong demand for education has not yet been adequately addressed. Nov 01, 2012 school in gando, burkina faso school in gando, burkina faso brislin, paul 20121101 00.
The contents of the report include case studies and design analysis that is most useful for planning. Read burkina faso bradt travel guide burkina faso pdf online. Linden, and matt sloan we evaluate a girlfriendly primary school program in burkina faso using a regression discontinuity design. Secondary school with passive ventilation system, gando. Apr 28, 2015 grando primary school, gando, burkina faso. Francis made the best of the opportunity offered him. Download the free toprated kobo app to read anywhere, on any device, and choose from our catalogue of over 4 million of the worlds best ebooks and magazines. Be sure to see the related pages of photos of students, classes and colleagues. Gando is a village in burkina faso, in the centreest region, the boulgou province and the. The young students of gando are often the first in their families to learn how to read and write.