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Build With Earth Workcamp in Ghana: Volunteer or Gap Year

  • Event: Training in Ghana

  • Contact person: Nka Foundation
  • Coordinating organisation: Nka Foundation
  • Host: Abetenim Arts Village: http://www.nkafoundation.org
  • Location: Kumasi, Ghana
  • Deadline: 25/06/2015
  • Start: 23/07/2015
  • End: 20/12/2016

  • Be part of the workshops to build the winning designs in the Mud House Design 2014 competition for Ghana...

    From January 2015 to December 2016, we are running earth architecture workshops to build the Top 20 Designs from our Mud House Design 2014 competition. We seek volunteers, graduates and students of architecture, design and others from around the world to participate in the workshops to build the shortlisted designs based on site in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Each workshop will run for about 10 weeks. Volunteers can join at any time and participate from 1 to 10 weeks. Students can participate for internship, thesis, or volunteer just for learning-by-doing on a vernacular architecture project.

    Workshop will begin with site-specific tours of the local Ashanti architecture and talking to the local people to gain awareness and knowledge of the local building traditions. Taking into account the site conditions and discussions from site-specific tours, the workshop team will review the design, complete the design process and build their proposal with local labor. Accommodation will be of guest house at the village. Most evenings will be used for reviewing workshop progress along with informal discussions and presentations by workshop leader and international participants. By alternating work and dialogues, we hope to uncover the mechanics of earth building namely financing, site analysis, construction and landscaping to blend with the local context.
    For a list of our upcoming workshops visit: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing and see all the design entries in the competition: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/30/submitted-entries-1st-list

    WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Open to everyone who wants to volunteer. Students and recent graduates of architecture, design, engineering, landscape architecture, development studies, and skilled volunteers from around the world will play special roles in each in workshop.
    WHERE: Abetenim Arts Village near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
    COST: Accommodation is €60 per week and food is €60 per week plus project contribution of €400.
    HOW TO APPLY: [email protected] / www.nkafoundation.org for application form.

Details:

Themes: Art and culture, Environment, Heritage protection, Rural development, Urban development, Equal opportunities, Anti-racism/xenophobia, Health, Anti-drugs/substance abuse, Social exclusion (in general), Measures against delinquency, Youth information, Youth policies, Youth leisure, Youth sports, Media and communications, European awareness, Other
Targets: Youth and children, Elderly, Disabled people, Homeless, Unemployed, Migrants, Local Community, Other

Library:

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    EARTH ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP: By the French team MAMOTH Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    MUD HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP With Anna Webster Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    KENTE HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP By Angeles Hevia (Chile) Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    GHANA EARTH BUILDING WORKSHOP (Reinventing the African Mud House Together) WORKSHOP DIRECTOR: Richard Rowland of Atelier KOE (www.atelierkoe.fr) Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    HANDMADE HOUSE: POURED EARTH WORKSHOP IN GHANA by Louis Mayes Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    EARTH HOUSE WORKSHOP ...Building With Earth in Ghana! by Mattis Mussault Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    The Courtyard Hut Workshop (Building with Earth, Timber and Bamboo)By Christina Antonelli, Architect (Greece) Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing
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    MUD BRICK HOUSE WORKSHOP With André Costa Gomes Read more: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/31/prototyping-usability-testing

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