Amani Library / Social Practice Architecture
In Tanzania, building with earth represents the past and is associated with poor living conditions. Traditional materials and techniques adapted to the environment are abandoned in favor of importing expensive and sometimes energy-inefficient materials and products, such as concrete blocks, from which only manufacturers in more advanced economies benefit. The project aims to bring back earth as a modern and sustainable building material, using traditional handcraft and simple methods, for continuing a local rural building tradition. It also encourages local and international participation and can serve as an example for future building developments to improve the quality of Tanzania?s rural housing.
© Lara Briz
Architects: Social Practice Architecture
Location: Unnamed Road, Tanzania
Lead Architects: Patricia Báscones, Lara Briz
Area: 105.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Lara Briz, Patricia Báscones
Collaborators: Kibaoni inhabitants and international participants
© Lara Briz
Text description provided by the architects. In Tanzania, building with earth represents the past and is associated with poor living conditions. Traditional materials and techniques adapted to the environment are abandoned in favor of importing expensive and sometimes energy-inefficient materials and products, such as concrete blocks, from which only manufacturers in more advanced economies benefit. ...
© Lara Briz
Architects: Social Practice Architecture
Location: Unnamed Road, Tanzania
Lead Architects: Patricia Báscones, Lara Briz
Area: 105.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Lara Briz, Patricia Báscones
Collaborators: Kibaoni inhabitants and international participants
© Lara Briz
Text description provided by the architects. In Tanzania, building with earth represents the past and is associated with poor living conditions. Traditional materials and techniques adapted to the environment are abandoned in favor of importing expensive and sometimes energy-inefficient materials and products, such as concrete blocks, from which only manufacturers in more advanced economies benefit. ...
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