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.

Monday, 12 March 2007

first impressions




we arrived on saturday anmd spent the day having a look around. Yesterday we met Lydia and visited the site.there's a lot of work to be done, but we are starting to see places were it can go. Martin and I then went on a a small tour to visit the country! It's amazingly beatiful and the people are very friendly! You'll find more pictures on the link!


We'll be starting the survey today nad I'll post again soon with more information.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

gostei tens é que ter mais cuidade com os erros ortográficos

Anonymous said...

Engraçado. Gostei especialmente do Disclaimer!!

Vai escrevendo, uma abraço,
Vasco

Camille said...

it reminds me grunneloka...our round house.

bisous
ta française

Anonymous said...

grande!!!
ciao

miky

Anonymous said...

Vê la se constrois alguma coisa de geito!queremos ver o trabalho!

Nicky

Philippe BONNEAU said...

Hello Pedro, please don't say anything about the match . Grrrr :-)
Thnaks for these news and nice pictures, we really appreciate. The country seems to be very wild, it should contrasts a lot with your small room in London. I think that you will get more place to put your legs ...

Bye

duartelobo said...

Está atento a tudo o que vires, porque pode ser muito importante para ti.

Grande Abraço,

Duarte

P.S. - Apesar de tu achares, não fui eu que escrevi o primeiro post...

Camille said...

bring me a bit of sunshine for saturday

bisous
yours