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.

Sunday, 1 July 2007

More promising…

The site is now looking a bit more promising…

Not that you’d be amazed (yet) if you went there but at least the word construction can now be used in reference to the site.

The walls for the house mother’s room are finished (blockwork that is) and the cubicles for the toilets are already being put up. On block B the water drainage is being installed and I was pleased to see the steels for the ring beam already being prepared.

Looking at the site deserted as it was this weekend and seeing the amount of work that we still have to do was not easy. I do hope that the next couple of weeks (although part of the time I will not be around) will be the weeks of change!
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