a blog to collect precendents and other information for a communal recycling center in Nosara, a small jungle community in Costa Rica. The project is part of NYIT's sLAB (student-led architecture-build) initiative.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Gando Primary School, Burkina Faso, Africa
this is a great precedent for a hot tropical climate, essentially consisting of a building volume that is shaded by a big overhanging roof. the roof is separated from the building, so heat gain from the roof does not translate into the building volume. actual material may be different for Costa Rica, but the basic diagram could work.
more here:
http://www.kere-architecture.com/bf/bf_001.html
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