Burundi Kigutu Employee residence

设计师：Louise Braverman

位置：布隆迪

分类：居住建筑

内容：实景照片

建筑设计负责人：Louise Braverman, FAIA

结构工程师：Liam O’Hanlon Engineering, PC

设计团队：John Gillham, Jing Liu

建筑公司：Curtis Bertrand, Roy Greenwald, Matt Krupanski, Astere Niyonkuru

图片：13张

摄影师：Iwan Baan

这是由Louise Braverman设计的Kigutu职工住房。项目位于Kigutu郊外村庄的山边，共提供18床，结合了非洲东部的美学元素和非网格状的可持续措施。建筑面积为6000平方英尺。经历过多年的内乱，村民及非盈利组织都希望该建筑能为医疗职工服务，从而为社会和国家的可持续未来作出示范作用。公共空间的大型阳台门将室内外空间无缝连接，同时反映了Kigutu典型的公共文化。生动活泼的门廊色彩点缀了私人寝室。门廊空间鼓励社会交往，增加通风，并能饱览周边的浪漫风景。建筑背后设有专用的电源室，设有太阳能电池板和当地太阳能热水器，在达到建筑审美的同时，推进节能降耗。

译者： 艾比

Embedded in hillside rural village of Kigutu, the 18-bed Kigutu Staff Housing connects East African elemental aesthetics with inventive off-the grid sustainability. Cutting a skewed line in the hillside, the 6000 square foot dormitory captures magnificent mountain views. Currently rebuilding after many years of horrific civil strife, the villagers, in conjunction with an indigenous non-profit, hope that this housing for their medical staff will create a model for the sustainable future of both the community and the country.

The oversized porch doors in the public space seamlessly connect inside and out, reflecting the typical Kigutu indoor/outdoor communal culture. Similarly the vividly colored entry porches adjacent to each private sleeping room reinforce this semi-permeable sensibility. The porosity of the porches encourages sociability, enhances airflow into the adjacent sleeping rooms, and frames unobstructed romantic transverse views of the landscape.

Sustainability is not an added benefit in Kigutu. It is a necessity. Hence, the same elemental design strategies that establish its aesthetics must also advance energy saving. Since the village is 100% off the municipal grid, a nearby solar array and local solar water heaters, sited in the rear of the building, exclusively power the housing.

The location of the building, partially below grade, both reduced excavation costs and takes advantage of the earth’s natural insulation for temperature control. Likewise, the extended roof overhangs provide solar protection to optimize the use of natural daylight, while French drains distribute runoff rainwater for irrigation. The personal porches also create three-sided natural ventilation within the bedrooms, eliminating the need for air conditioning. The position of the windows within these rooms, in both low and high locations, also creates a natural stack effect that amplifies airflow. Yet the greatest accomplishment is the human accomplishment.The villagers, using local bricks, manually built the housing, eliminating the need for fuel consuming machines and creating transferrable job training skills for the Kigutu community.

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