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| Education Africa and Sustainable Architecture An Education Africa Project |
Modimo O Moholo In February 2005, 24 students from the Vienna University of Technology's Department of Housing and Design arrived in South Africa to design and construct a home for Modimo O Moholo. This organisation caters for approximately 40 disabled adults from the Orange Farm Community whose humble premises were no longer adequate for the growing number of members who would arrive at the home each day, to work on different craft projects and to escape the isolation of their environment.The brief to students was to build a centre suitable for social interaction, and also to provide a workplace for the members of the association. The students sourced inexpensive building materials such as corrugated iron sheeting, wood, and even car tyres to construct the building. Funds for these materials were raised in Austria by the university. As part of the workshop, the students incorporated a storage area for materials into their design, as well as tools, cooking and sanitary facilities and an office - which can also be used for medical examinations. All of these goals were achieved and these facilities were built at Modimo O Moholo, making it fully operational as a workplace and centre for the disabled adults of Orange Farm. In February 2005, students from this same university came to South Africa again, this time to design and construct living units and additional workshops at Modimo o Moholo so that the disabled adults could be accommodated at the centre. After many weeks of hard work, using locally sourced materials once again the living units and workshops were completed by the dedicated Austrian students. To assist the project, HSBC sent its staff to plant grass, trees to provide shade, fruit trees and a vegetable garden. HSBC also had a borehole dug and a full irrigation system put in place. « Back to: Sustainable Architecture |
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