Potential projects

From Osafa.org

This is a list of building projects that should be contacted for inclusion into osafa.org, to be licenced under an open source licence.

Contents 1 Your help is needed! 2 List of projects that have already agreed 3 List of potenial construction projects for osafa.org 4 List of potenial construction-related projects for osafa.org

Your help is needed!

You can help the following ways:

• Add further projects to the list
• Add information about these projects (especially about the builders / owners of the intellectual property)
• Talk to the builders about osafa.org

List of projects that have already agreed

1. Burkina Faso: La Voute Nubienne [1] 200 buildings! Positive feedback! They will start supplying projects details soon. --Helge 09:21, 26 September 2006 (PDT)
2. Burkina Faso: Teacher houses in Gando [2] by Francis Keré, Winner of the Aga Award for Architecture
3. South Africa: Durban Self Help Housing Project [3], [4] Owner contacted --Helge 05:16, 7 September 2006 (PDT)
4. South Africa: A dozen projects organised by S²ARCH [5] I'm in contact with them --Helge 05:16, 7 September 2006 (PDT)
5. South Africa: Project Nautilus [6] I'm in contact with him --Helge 05:16, 7 September 2006 (PDT)

Need to be documented.

List of potenial construction projects for osafa.org

1. Burkina Faso: Primary School in Gando [7] by Francis Keré, Winner of the Aga Award for Architecture
2. Burkina Faso + other West African countries: Various woodless buildings by the "Development Workshop" [8], eg. classrooms, clinics, public meeting rooms, warehouses, offices, cereal banks. Winner of the 1998 World Habitat Award.
3. Burkina Faso: Argicultural College in Tontenga [9]
4. Guinea: Kahere Eila Poultry Farming School, Koliagbe [10]
5. Guinea: Health Center in the town of Mali [11], by Markku Komonen
6. Ghana: Cool roof system [12]
7. Kenya: Runkinga Sanctuary [13]
8. Mali: Ecole de Tentou [14] (2.2mb .pdf)
9. Mali: Mental Health Care Units, Bamako, by Serge Theunynck [15]
10. Mauritania: Satara Housing [16]
11. Namibia: Clay House Project [17]
12. Senegal: Women's Centre Rufisque [18]
13. South Africa: Nextaid Child Support Center [19]
14. South Africa: Didimala Game Lodge (Straw bale) [20], [21]
15. South Africa: House Christiaan van Zyl, Strawbale construction [22]
16. South Africa: Varous straw-buildings by Andy Horn [23], [24], [25]
17. South Africa: Various buildings by ' Education Africa' [26] (partly in cooperation with S²ARCH, see above)
18. Other continents: Earthbag Dome [27]
19. Other continents: Eco-Dome, California [28]
20. Other continents: Handmade School, Bangladesh [29]
21. Various locations: Sandbag Shelters, various locations [30]

Need to be contacted and convinced.

List of potenial construction-related projects for osafa.org

1. Nigeria: Clay pot refrigerator [31]
2. South Africa: Playpumps (http://www.playpumps.org) I#ve contacted them, no reply. Probably no interest as Playpumps has a commercial business case. Maybe someone wants to re-engineer the idea? --Helge 05:16, 7 September 2006 (PDT) Apparently the system seems to be patented, so legal advice should be asked for before reenineering. --Helge 05:07, 5 October 2006 (PDT)
3. Tanzania: Brick production using agricultural waste, Mwanza Rural Housing Programme [32], [33]
4. Tanzania: Low-energy stove, Mwanza Rural Housing Programme [34]
5. Various locations: SE3WE-self-make-pumps [35]Contacted. --Helge 03:24, 12 October 2006 (PDT)
6. Various locations: MIT organic charcoil press [36]

Need to be contacted and convinced.