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Learning Landscape

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:36:17 +0000

Project H Design, a San Francisco based non profit, completed an amazing project playground project in Uganda. Design fellows Dan Grossman and Heleen de Goey built a mathematics playground for the students of the Kutamba AIDS Orphans School. The grid, made from reclaimed tires and ten math games, comprise a system called the Learning Landscape, which combines education and play to teach basic math concepts in an engaging way.

Brian Vermeulen on Great Zimbabwe

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:08:52 +0000

Brian Vermeulen, of the architecture firm of Cottrell and Vermeulen in London, England, describes how the African Site of Great Zimbabwe, a major trading center until the 15th century, has influenced his work.

Gando Primary School

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:05:56 +0000

Inspired by one man's dream to improve the educational facilities of his village, the primary school in Gando, Burkina Faso, is an extraordinary achievement in philantrophy, design, and constructions methods.