Designs Luz del Futuro Community School

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Community School in Bluefields, Nicaragua

Amaia Puras, Paola M Oliver Gutierrez, Caroline James, Timur Dogan, Tian Ren


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The Southern Autonomous Region (RAAS) is one of the poorest regionsin Nicaragua, which is the 2nd poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Bluefields population is 50,000 and 90% of the population lives on less than$2.00 a day.

A wastepicking group has organized and is building a recycling business called Luz DelFuturo. The group is made up of 26 women and around 150 children whowork in the dumpsite alongside their mothers.

The group needs to build a school and wants to make it an integral part of theircommunity. A safe, beautiful, and environmentally sensitive school, designed and built in

partnership with the community will provide education for their children as well as ameeting space for the community.

+Background


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+Areas of Engagement

1. CommunicationReach out to local community, organizations, and perso

2. ResearchPrecedents

3. TestMaterial, structure, climatic test

4. DesignArchitectural design


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+Communication


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Personal Local Community Orga

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Martim SmolkaDirector of the Program on Latin America and the

Caribbean & Co-chairman of the InternationalDepartment at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Ricardo ZambranoLocal Peace Corp Volunteer, NIcaragua

Margarita Cordoba GaitanPresident of Local Cooperative of

Women Waste Pickers

Lopez PetronaVice-President of Local Cooperative of Women

Waste Pickers

Michael CipolettiDeveloper in Nicaragua

Andrew LongleyDeveloper in Nicaragua

OscaDelegate of the Ministry

NuviaDirector of the Sec

Govern

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Ricardo CarlsonPresident of the association of directors of schools and

director of the Saint Mark Secondary School

Erik Flakoll AlegraLibby's Husband

Guzzetti, AlfredArtist / Documentary Film Maker

MikeBuilds houses for lo

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Jan Van BilsenGuadua Bamboo

Michael CampbellCoordinador de Programas y Proyectos

Francisco CampbellNicaraguan Ambassdor in DC

Marcelo BukinDreaming Nicaragua Movie Maker

BradEtienne Samin

architect, spent a year inGranada,Nicaragua


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10.5.2012

Peace Corps volunteer Ricardo Zambrano

organized a skype conference call with thewomen from Luz del Futuro in the

UNDP office in Bluefields.


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+Research


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+Research / Precedents

Ecological Children Activity and Education Center

24H > architecture

Adobe for Women

Blaanc Borderless Architecture and CaeiroCapurso

A House for All Seasons

John Lin

Education Building in Mozambique

Masterstudents of Bergen School of Architecture

Community Lead Low Cost ArchitectureHsieh Ying-Chun Architecture

School Complex in GangdoFrancis Kere

School Complex in Gangdo

Francis Kere

School in Rudrapur, Bangladesh

Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag

Renaissance Project Hope for HaitiGerthy Lahens, Professor Jan Wampler

School in Kerala, India

Laurie Baker


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+Research / Local Building Typology


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+Research / Construction Technique

Earth Bamboo


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+Research / Construction Technique / Rammed Earth


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+Research / Construction Technique / Adobe Brick


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+Research / Construction Technique/ Bamboo


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+Research / Local Material Palette


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+Research / Local Material Palette


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+How to Give Waste Material a Second Life?

+R h / C t ti T h i / W t


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+Research / Construction Technique/ Waste


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+Test


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+Test / Wind Tunnel Test


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+Test / Mud Test

-Poly-El-TetraPak

-Plastic bottles

-Plastic bags

-Glass


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+Design

+D i / Ki k St t Ch tt 10 13 2012


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+Design / Kick Start Charette 10.13.2012

+De ign / Site Anal i


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+Design / Site Analysis


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Direction of P


+Design / Spatial Diagram


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Semi-indoor Space

Indoor Space

Outdoor Space




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Layout of One Module:2 class rooms

1 semi-indoor space

1 outdoor space

Circulation Diagram of M

Aggregation:CLass room alway openindoor and outdoor spac




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Module Aggre

Rich and Diverse spatial qualities created by simple modu

Single Double Quadral




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Modul

Rich and Diverse spatial qualities created by simpl

90 degree

45 degree

45 degree

one side open


+Design / Section Study


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React to Different Slope Conditions

Lifted Platfo

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+Design


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+Design


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+Design


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RAINWATER COLLECTION

(BAMBOO STRUCTURE)

RAINWATER STORAGE FOR RE-USE

VENTILATED DOUBLE-LAYERED ROOF

LOCALLY

PRODUCED

BLOCKS WITHRECYCLED

AGGREGATES

OUTDOOR COVERED

AUDITORIUM

CLASSROOM

RETAINING WALL

SLAB VENTING

VERANDA FOR

DIRECT SUNLIGHT/RAIN PROTECTION

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+Design


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Axonom


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+Team


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Amaia Puras, MDesS Candidate, GSD, ([email protected])

Amaia is a registered architect from Spain with building experience and in-depth

research on energy and daylighting.

Tian Ren, M.Arch Candidate, GSD ([email protected])

Tian has hands-on experience in building such as the Sukkah Pavilion at the GSD.

Caroline James, M.Arch Candidate, GSD, ([email protected])

Caroline has a background in architecture and design with strong interests incommunity participation. She eager to apply her academic research to a real proje

Michelle Oliver, B.A. Candidate, Wellesley/MIT, ([email protected])

Michelle is studying towards a Bachelors in Architecture. She is a native to Nicaragthus carries a knowledge and about the culture and contemporary context.

Timur Dogan, BT PhD Candidate, MIT, ([email protected])

Timur has extensive experience working with passive energy design. He will serve the primary consultant for animation and testing of differing design models.

Karina Silvester, M. Arch Candidate, MIT, ([email protected])Karina has a strong background in culturally specific architecture. She strives to find

low tech and passive solutions for solving problems for low-income communities.
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