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Women’s Health Centre / FARE

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Health , Selected , , ,

Architects: FARE

Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Project Architect: Riccardo Vannucci
Project Team: Giuseppina Forte, Joao Sobral, Erika Trabucco & Emanuela Valle
Site supervision: Erika Trabucco, Joao Sobral
Client: AIDOS [Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo] Voix des Femmes
Financial Promoters: Partito dei Democratici di Sinistra, European Commission
Design Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2006-2007
Site Area: 1,600 sqm
Constructed Area: 500 sqm
Budget: US $267,067
Photographs: FARE

This project just won the Health Category Award in the World Architecture Festival.

Project description and some great pictures of the construction process after the break.

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Thanks eric. Looks like a wonderful space to...[+]
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