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, 3 February 2008

Coming round

As we come round the last corner of this 11month long marathon I am starting to realize how much we have achieved, how much we can still do and how much we haven’t!

It has been a long ride, up and down… but worth every second of it! Tomorrow we will start work, and hopefully finish, the fire proofing! That will be one step closer to sleeping soundly at night!

The retaining wall is still coming along, but we are now short of blocks… it seems that however calculated how many we needed missed by more than half. Ah! Not really a surprise after such a long time! But still another delay…

Hopefully we will make up for it soon and continue to bring this wall round to the front of the building!
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