Koudougou professional school

Project idea

This project's goal is to improve Burkina Faso youth's employability by providing them some professional qualifications for their financial autonomy because too many of them are not able to fulfil their needs. They face unemployment. The youth represente 60% of the population.

Project description

"Koudougou professional school" is a sustainable school in which are teached agriculture, motorcycles and automobiles mecanic, general and solar electricity, pastry confectioning, technical drawing, sewing, masonary. The project is composed by a pedagogical block, an administration, an auditorium, a student residence and a central communautary space with an artificial baobab. The general concept of the project is «Man, the architectural priority». This mean that all architectural choices are taken to improve people well being in. Also, many predispositions are taken for the thermic and acoustic confort, with a natural lighting and reutilization of worn and rain water. A particular attention is given to social and cultural aspects of the project with the creation of some social spaces. This project is made with BLT (cut lateritic block) an wood mainly, some local materials and is adapted to Burkina Faso climate and to its social and economic context.

Technical information

The materials mainly used for this project are BLT, Wood used like sun breezes, concrete for the structure, sheet aluminum tray and polycarbonate sheet for light in rooms.