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.
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And here we go (again)
19 days, 5 capital cities, 7 planes and 27761km later I find myself once again standing in the same old site looking at the same old problems.
During all this time I only managed to have little contact with the site, I phoned a few times but now it’s time to start again.
A lot changed during these nearly 3 weeks that I was offline! I finished my thesis, Camille passed hers, England revived their RWC campaign, Block A now has a full roof and doors and windows are being installed.
But even before I landed I saw once more that I would not be able to keep my promise and complete the building for the first week of November. The shortage of grass is still haunting us, and only slowly have we managed to find enough for our project.
As soon as I landed I went to site to check on the progress… the courtyard is finally looking good, the number of steps will have to be increased and we still don’t have the poles for the canopy, and the changes in Block A are impressive. The roof structure in Block B was braced in a strange way though…
The weather has been miserable and unfortunately that has also set us a back a little…but on the other hand the grass is greener, and the volunteer house for Sentebale is also nearly there!
19 days, 5 capital cities, 7 planes and 27761km later I find myself once again standing in the same old site looking at the same old problems.
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