Mozambique Preschool – Flor da Manhã , Xai-Xai / Mosambik

Mozambique Preschool – Flor da Manhã

Organizers
Archstorming, Girona
www.archstorming.com

Introduction
Archstorming’s new competition takes us to Mozambique, a country where 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. This difficult economic situation, most severely affects the situation of children.

Frequently, the lack of financial resources is a significant barrier to the enjoyment of their fundamental rights. They experience many problems; such as the inability to access school, health-care, and housing…

The NGO
In the current competition, we will help Assa, a Mozambican teacher, build a center for children with disabilities and affected by social exclusion, with the help of the Estamos Juntos Initiative and the NGO Somos del Mundo. The winning proposal will be built.

The Location
Archstorming is calling for proposals to design a preschool in the Xai-Xai District (Gaza Province, Mozambique).

The school will be located in a plot between the cities of Xai-Xai and Chongoene, approximately 1 km away of the road that connects them.

Challenge
This competition gives you the opportunity to work in the creation of a school in an underdeveloped country. But not only that, in this case the school will be designed for disabled and socially excluded children, so the challenge is even bigger.

The goals of this project will be:
- EDUCATE: create a place where kids can start their educational journey. Make them feel like home by designing a space where they feel comfortable. Build kid-friendly spaces that are completely safe for them, a school where they can learn, play, run, and discover.

- INTEGRATE: since this school will accommodate disabled children and kids in social exclusion, it is fundamental to work in their integration in society. We can help them through architecture by creating adapted spaces where they don’t feel rejected. A dynamic school where they can interact with each other and the surrounding environment.

- BE SUSTAINABLE: the projects will have to use locally sourced materials, easy to build constructive systems, and should be selfsufficient in energy terms. They have to be respectful with nature in order to teach the kids the proper way to interact with their natural environment.

Competition Type
Open Competition

Admission Area
International

Participants
Open to all

Schedule
Early Registration Period (60€ / team*): 05 August – 04 September 2019
Regular Registration Period (80€ / team*): 05 September – 02 October 2019
Advanced Registration Period (100€ / team*): 03 October – 05 November 2019
Late Registration Period (120€ / team*): 06 November – 01 December 2019
Submission Deadline: 01 December 2019
Winners Announcement: 17 December 2019
* +21% taxes

Jury
Wes Degreef: BC Architects, Brussels (Belgium)
Sylvain, Camille, Simon, Pierre: ​Collectif Saga, Nantes (France)
Alina, Paulo: CAS Studio,​ Lisboa (Portugal)
Eslam, Ahmed, Ahmed: AMKNA, Dubai (UAE)
Mariam Kamara: Atelier Masomi, Niamey (Niger)
Carolina Larrazábal: Orkidstudio, Nairobi (Kenya)
Andrea Tabocchini: Andrea Tabocchini, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Marisol Álvarez: Estamos Juntos, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Andreas Wenzel: Estamos Juntos, Freiburg (Germany)
Pablo Madero: Somos del Mundo, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Assa Mabai: Child educator, Xai-Xai (Mozambique)
Augusto Mahumane: Retired professor, Xai-Xai (Mozambique)

Awards
1st Prize:
6.000€ + Construction
+Publications
+Certificate of Achievement

2nd Prize:
2.000€
+Publications
+Certificate of Achievement

3rd Prize:
1.000€
+Publications
+Certificate of Achievement

Special Honorable Mentions:
2 x 500€
+Publications
+Certificate of Achievement

10 Honorable Mentions:
+Publications
+Certificate of Achievement

More information and documents at
www.archstorming.com/info.html