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Climate Research for Swaziland
Here is where we stand in terms of climate research for our site. Before I go in the details, here is where our site is on Google Maps The seasons in Swaziland are the reverse of those in the Northern...
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A little about the Swazis
In our preliminary research we have found some basic facts about the people of Swaziland. 97% of the population is ethnic-Swazi, the majority of which is Christian or dual Christian-traditional. 38.6%...
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Passive Design Techniques
We have been looking at the basics of passive design to help us understand some of the things we could incorporate in creating a building that would cost less to heat and cool. First, let’s take...
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First Design Charrette
Ashley, Charles, Sharmin, Tamsin, and I met earlier today and went over some of the initial moves towards a design. Here are some site layouts we’ve been playing with: six classrooms, admin (green),...
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Traditional Swazi Construction Techniques
We’ve got a few images showing how the Swazis build Traditional homestead organization Detail of the traditional Beehive style method Contemporary composite: Sotho Style Contemporary composite: Swazi...
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School Questions and Answers
The beauty about designing a trade school in Swaziland from Canada in 2012 is that we can communicate with the existing school online. Our team would like to ask the local children for input on their...
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Meeting the masons
Last week we had our first meeting with the masons who will be travelling to Swaziland to build the school: Dave and Mike from Red Robin Masonry. We had a great conversation, mainly coordinating our...
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Conceptual design – Michelle
The team is now meeting every week to push the design forward. Check out some concepts Michelle Senayah brought to the table. Click on the images for a larger view.
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Article 1
Here’s a sketch from our meeting last week. It shows a section on top, elevation (perpendicular to the section) at the bottom, and the plan detail of the exterior wall relevant to that elevation. The...
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Site plan development
Our team came up with a concept that incorporates many of the ideas discussed up until now. It is a continuous S shaped roof creating two courtyards, with gaps between the buildings for circulation and...
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