ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1015819/xewa-sowe-center-for-orphans-corentin-dalon-plus-arianna-fabrizi-de-biani-plus-doryan-kuschner-plus-florian-mahieu Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0000 Valeria Silva https://www.archdaily.com/1015819/xewa-sowe-center-for-orphans-corentin-dalon-plus-arianna-fabrizi-de-biani-plus-doryan-kuschner-plus-florian-mahieu 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.

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