VOA⎥School extension

2024-25 ⎥ Antsirabe Madagascar ⎥ extension and new build ⎥ ca. 250 m2 ⎥ LP 1-5⎥ detail studies ⎥ 3D studies ⎥ artistic direction and supervision building phase ⎥ electrical- and light planning ⎥ material- and colour consultation

The Voatsinapy School (The Mustards Seed School) in Antsirabe Madagascar is a private school for particularly vulnerable children, and run by the Stiftelsen Sennepsfrøskolen i Stavanger. As well as getting education and health support, the children are served one warm meal a day. The extension will offer a new library, IT- and sewing classrooms featuring exposed wooden structures, two apartments for teachers and a studio for guests and volunteers. The headmaster’s apartment will be in the upper part of the tower and include a roof terrace, which will serve as an outdoor kitchen as well as a viewing platform for guests to the school. A new curved staircase will connect the upper and lower floors and balconies, a tree will be planted in its middle – alluding to the school’s name and vision. Social meetings during- as well as after school hours will be encouraged on the sitting steps centrally located in the school yard or in a shaded working- and resting area, next to a new drinking water station.

features:
social awareness⎮ pro-bono⎮ context aware Architecture⎮ local materials – and artistry: handmade bricks and local masonry, roof structures in pine and eucalyptus wood, rofia woven fabrics in ceilings, decorative iron works, steel railings and window grills⎮ planning for later addition of solar panels⎮ extensive communication during planning and execution w/partners in Norway and Madagascar incl. two site visits ⎥ with M.Arch. Joan Razafimaharo TRANO Architecture, Michel Razafimahatratra, Eric Faliniaina Razafimahatratra ⎥ Publications: https://www.sennepsfroskolen.no/l/the-extention-project-is-finally-completed/ ⎥ https://www.sennepsfroskolen.no/l/voantsinapy-is-undergoing-a-transformation/  ⎥ Regular posts Facebook: Sennepsfrøskolen