Bamboo/Earthbag School in Mozambique

Bamboo and earthbag school by Bergen School of Architecture
Bamboo and earthbag school by Bergen School of Architecture

“19 architect students, 5 weeks in Southern Africa, a school building in 12 days

Students from the Bergen School of Architecture in Norway have built a school building in a Mozambique village using sand bags, bottles and grass. The building consists of an enclosed room for computers and a more flexible space with grass doors for English lessons, divided by a large sliding door. A reinforced-concrete frame was filled in with sand bags and glass bottles were embedded in one wall.”

Read the rest of the story at the source: De Zeen Magazine

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3 thoughts on “Bamboo/Earthbag School in Mozambique”

  1. i want to construct a school building about 5 class room in hilly slope.

    Please suggest an economic plan, and tell me how a roof can be construct/ with what material for two or three story buildings.

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    • You may not find affordable plans for complex designs like this that take advanced skills and experience. Maybe you can find an architecture student who will design something for a school project. Or hold a design competition. The roof frame could be built with bamboo. Numerous roofing materials would work.

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  2. To whom it may concern,

    Does anyone have contact details of where the school was built in Mozambique? I live in Moz and would love to see the building.

    Many thanks,

    Dave

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