Woliatta Village / Ethiopia Studio

Dec 2010

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Educational , Ethiopia, Ethiopia Studio, Soddo

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Woliatta Village is a collaborative project designed by Ethiopia Studio, eleven ASU graduate students led by a practicing architect. The project includes an orphanage, chapel, medical clinic and guest house for the community of Soddo, in Ethiopia, Africa. More images, a video and information after the break.

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In an effort to plunge maturing architecture and landscape architecture students into ‘authenticity’ – this collaboration took students deep into reality where they could personally experience the desperate needs of a community in the developing world. The EthiopiaStudio focused on the research, comprehensive development and building design of an orphanage, chapel, medical clinic and guest house for the community of Soddo, (located 350 kilometers south of the capitol city Addis Ababa) in Ethiopia, Africa. In partnership with an American, non-profit organization currently working in the community, the EthiopiaStudio developed the master plan, landscape and architectural design and a complete set of construction documents for the immediate construction of these desperately needed facilities to support a community subject to extreme poverty and famine.

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The focus of this collaborative design studio is to emphasize reality, survival and hope through design; synthesizing and shifting the typical traits of academic work. The EthiopiaStudio fundamentally functioned like a real-world project team where team members had varied, integral and necessary responsibilities that served the team as a whole, and ultimately the needs of the client. The project, Wolaitta Village, will be built with local materials in a manner that honors the indigenous culture of the Wolaitta region. Construction will be performed by Ethiopian builders and artisans; the facilities will be staffed by local Ethiopians and will provide employment for many people in the community; thus creating hope and opportunity through meeting the desperate needs of the children and community.

Ethiopia Studio is: Dusty Bodrero, Stacey Crumbaker, David Fowler, Arundhati Ghosh, Ashlee Grubbs, Tommy Huggins, Matt Ihms, Heather Landvatter, Morgan Pakula, Salvador Patino, Edward Scheletsky, led by architect Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA
Consultants: Mark Rudow (structural), Doug Woodward (electrical), George Josephs (mechanical), Bob Atherton (civil)

: Courtesy of Ethiopia Studio

: Courtesy of Ethiopia Studio

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: master plan

: site analysis

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: wall section

: building section

: axon

: elevation

: site images

: context

: environment

Cite:
Jordana , Sebastian . "Woliatta Village / Ethiopia Studio" 25 Dec 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/98776>

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Jack DeBartolo 3 says:

Ethiopia Studio is:
Dusty Bodrero
Stacey Crumbaker
David Fowler
Arundhati Ghosh
Ashlee Grubbs
Tommy Huggins
Matt Ihms
Heather Landvatter
Morgan Pakula
Salvador Patino
Edward Scheletsky
led by architect / associate professor:
Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA

Arizona State University
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Graduate Program in Architecture

we also had the support of the following consultants:
structural: Mark Rudow
electrical: Doug Woodward
mechanical: George Josephs
civil: Bob Atherton

# December 26, 2010 at 09:50

Holcim Awards US says:

Great work. I love the balance between social and environmental sustainability. Really fantastic.
This would be a perfect submission to the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction – a great way to fund the project too!

# December 27, 2010 at 15:16

ArchiChavo says: