Up! Up! And away…

March 9th at 9pm I will fly out and the mission will begin. As a case study for finishing my diploma at FAUP (Porto Architectural School), I've decided to volunteer and join A4A (Architects for Aid) in one of their humanitarian architecture projects. The projected on which I've been assigned is the construction of the LCCU (Lesotho Children Counseling Unit) centre in Lesotho. The building has been halted and an assessment, survey and new proposal and program will be drawn up in order that the building might finish to be built. Once this is completed a second trip will be organized and I'll be overseeing the building on site. The objective of this blog is to keep record of the work that is being done, both for the benefit of the members of A4A in London, FAUP to whom I'll also be reporting, my own record as well as friends and family that might want to know what I'm up to. Please comment on any post that you have an opinion, as this will undoubtedly help me in the completion of my thesis. Disclaimer: The information displayed on this site has not been previously edited or checked by any A4A staff and I'm the sole responsible for it's contents. A4A or any of the other involved organizations are not to be hold responsible on any account for what is published on this blog.

Wednesday 13 June 2007

The sign!

Not much happened today so I have the chance of showing the sign that Standard Lesotho Bank has made for this project!

As I have said a few posts behind, I’m not sure this sign will last for long. The plastic film is easy to peal off and the tin sheet on which it is glued will do a lovely roof for one shack or another…

I spent my day drawing, freehand and on CAD, trying to sort out two of the three main type details that I need to complete. The roof, the panels (and the one that I didn’t do yet the sills), but I’m slowly getting there. It’s not that they don’t work I just want to do something that will be modern, with a traditional twist, but easy to build!

The students still haven’t showed up and I feel that Lydia’s house is falling a little behind schedule, but that was the way that we had planned that it would happen, so I can only do my best in trying to get the students to do it.

Tomorrow I will visit the site again and you can’t imagine how happy I am for that!
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