Mwito Pre-Primary School / Creative Assemblages

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  • Category: Schools
  • Architect In Charge: Karusimbi Cell, Bushenge Sector, Nyamasheke District, Western Province, Rwanda
  • Design Team: Nerea Amorós Elorduy, Bruce Engel
  • Client: Rwanda Trading Company, the District of Nyamasheke, Community of Mwito
  • Country: Rwanda
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© Sophia Mickelson, Joan Amorós Elorduy

Text description provided by the architects. The public primary school of Mwito is located in Nyamasheke district, at the shores of lake Kivu. The steep plot has views over the lake and the neighboring Eastern DRC. We built the new pre-primary school at the north-east of the plot, right below the primary school, with striking views over the lake, the rice fields on the lower wetlands, and the further mountains of Congo. Three stimulation rooms, one kitchen, a set of composting toilets, a multipurpose space, a network of semi-covered play areas, and an open playground area compose the pre-primary school compound. The design, implementation process, and running of this project aimed at a zero-carbon footprint. We recycled as many materials as possible (a total of 50% of the construction materials) from the dismantling of the coffee-processing factory at the Old Rwandex in Kigali, the former flagship of the Rwanda Trading Company, who funded the school construction.

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Cite: "Mwito Pre-Primary School / Creative Assemblages" 23 Jan 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/932440/mwito-pre-primary-school-creative-assemblages> ISSN 0719-8884

© Sophia Mickelson, Joan Amorós Elorduy

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