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, 9 September 2007

Site visits

This weekend was all about showing Mike and Vicky around different projects in Lesotho. We kicked off with a visit to the LCCU.

The visit went well, with Mike (who had visited this site months ago, even before I’d ever seen it) thinking that the change was huge. Unfortunately it was not as good as I hoped but we’ll get there….

After a site visit, with hundreds of photos, we visited the SOS children’s village and the QEII playground.

Then on Sunday we visited the K4L site and had a small brain storming session of what are the different options for that site.

I still managed to get hold of Ntate Linakane on the phone and he told me that the grass is available. Let’s see how much. The Steel guy will meet me tomorrow and I’m really looking forward to seeing if the panels work well on the walls.
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