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Architects: Arianna Fabrizi De Biani, Corentin Dalon, Doryan Kuschner, Florian Mahieu
- Area: 580 m²
- Year: 2019
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Lead Architects: Corentin Dalon, Arianna Fabrizi De Biani, Doryan Kuschner, Florian Mahieu
Text description provided by the architects. The Xewa Sowé children's center includes emergency accommodation for 24 children, a food center to ensure self-sufficiency for 30 children, a large vegetable garden, a field of artemisia (an anti-malaria plant), a farm, a kitchen, and a refectory; a public center, accessible to the villagers so that the children are in touch with the community, includes a library, a study room and an office for the administrator. The project is based in Sowé, a rural village in central Benin. The site is on the outskirts of the village; just a few minutes walk from the main square. The plot is crossed diagonally by a side road leading to the fields. The village lies to the southwest of the center. To the east, a laterite road links the site to a motorbike route, which connects the village's educational institutions with the main town 10km away.
