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.

Thursday 11 October 2007

Bracing, pipes and thatch

It should not have been hard to repeat what they had done on Block A and do the same on block B but strangely enough they didn’t managed. I met the roof guy today and he then decided that he will come around tomorrow and fix it.

The plumber was there as well and we finally managed to discuss where, how and what to do with pipes. He works fast and that seems to be one chapter where I don’t expect many problems.


A quick chat on the roof with the thatcher was cheering as he says that he feels that they should be able to roof Block B in 10 days… Let’s see how it goes…

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