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paola garatto design

IUAV

Atelier Rwanda

2011

Design for Rwanda.
The project was about helping rural communities in Rwanda by designing necessary facilities with inexpensive local materials.

The building has a modular structure, with a square base (81 mq), using two different typologies of gilder. The roof structure gatherers the rainwater waterfall-like towards the pavilion's center. In this way, the water will be used for reservoirs. The roof structure is made of bamboo trunks tied together on a modular architecture. It's easy to assembly even for inexperienced builders and simple to maintain, too.
On top of it, a large transparent plastic sheet functions as a rooftop as well as windows.
The structure is design to be combined in order to create an additional external covered space.

Project category – Concept Design, Student project

Materials – Bamboo trunks, Plastic sheets, Bamboo fibers mixed with clay.

IUAV, Product design laboratory course. Prof. Gaddo Morpurgo, Assistant Filippo Mastinu.

Students: Isabella Balzano, Sara Breda, Enrico Carboni, Lei Chen, Paola Garatto, Xiaying Liu, Nicholas Restivo, Moreno Zandonà.

https://issuu.com/atelierwanda

https://www.domusweb.it/it/architettura/2010/08/24/la-prima-volta-della-repubblica-del-ruanda.html?fbclid=IwAR1r9VqnUdCG7Gukc6eanGzHSRZpGAf1qPmeRu6wL03W2HP21ssnK-15CPU

The Rwanda region is humid, green, and rainy, allowing bamboo growth, an inexpensive yet multipurpose plant widely used in tropical areas.

Sketches.

The building has a modular structure, with a square base (81mq), that uses two different gilder typologies. On these gilders, the roof takes the water like a waterfall from the center of the building. The water will serve toilets facilities.
The modular rooftop structure makes easier the assembly and maintenance. The central transparent sheet exploits the zenithal sunlight. The pavilion can be joined with another one to extend the covered space.

The pavilion can be joined with another one to extend the covered space.

Our group has been focusing on designing the pavilion's facilities. Here an axonometry of the shared bathrooms, sinks are visible in the front, and, central, in black, the large water tanks.

Detailed view of the toilet interior.

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