FYI: Primary School, Gando, Bukina Faso

Hey is this near to where you were in Africa? The villiage is called 'Gando', it's 200kms from Ouagadougou in Bukina Faso. It's a project by Diébédo Francis Kéré, an architect actually from Gando, who then studied in Germany and has now returned to work on community projects for his villiage. It popped up in the high-brow archi-mag UME 21. I reckon its super awesome; local materials and building techniques for an environmentally sustainable outcome, but with really modernist planning.

'Shifting' materiality theme

I've been thinking about this subtle shifting brick wall and how that idea might be translated throughout the house using other materials like paving or timber lining to the walls or ceiling. My only reservation at this stage is it's a fine line between wacko and elegant when things start to get wonky...