2 Adengo Architecture, Kampala, Uganda This is a research-based architectural practice grounded in multi-disciplinary collaboration with a two-fold goal: ‘that architects and urban planners can improve people’s everyday lives and can help cities to develop sustainably.’ In the context of rapid urbanisation throughout Africa, Adengo’s housing schemes advocate for local populations who build their own houses. Affordable Housing I , Gayaza, Uganda (unbuilt) is a project for young urban residents with a small but stable income, not enough for access to high quality housing. Small semi- detached one storey houses are deployed across a sloping site. The design approaches that offer resiliency and self- sufficiency are shared community facilities, solar energy, rainwater-harvesting systems. Flexible floor plans offer a variety of sizes of houses, expandable in the future. Shared spaces allow this new community to come together for support and shared activities. Affordable Housing II , also in Gayaza and in progress, consists of seven 3-storey apartment blocks again fitting the topography to minimise excavation. Stairs are in separate spaced-brick open towers connected to the blocks with open bridges to open corridors, all of which optimise thermal mass and airflow in the towers and transparency and light in the dual-aspect apartments. Local labour and the production of compressed raw-earth brick spur the local economy. Community spaces, sport facilities and retail space for local vendors on site addresses both this development and surrounding communities.
from the top: Affordable Housing II Overall plan
Composition of a single block
Stairs are linked to open corridors that lead to the residential units, which feature windows on both sides Stair structures are made from alternating bricks, enabling natural light and air to circulate
Extracted text and drawings from https://www.reurbanhousing.com/adengo-architecture See also https://www.architecture.yale.edu/news/doreen-adengo
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