Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory Nansana Building

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory, Nansana Residential School, Uganda Architecture Pictures

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana, Uganda

Residential School African Building design by Terrain Architects

29 Apr 2019

Design: Terrain Architects

Location: Nansana, Uganda, Africa

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana Uganda
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory is a residential school accommodates 50 orphans from different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The students learn to live together with people from different cultures and are prepared to enter universities abroad.

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana Uganda
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin

Six buildings that house classrooms, a canteen, separate dormitories for girls and boys, offices, and staff quarters surround a planted courtyard, the social centre of the community.

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana Uganda
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin

Linear modules of brick walls are spaced in bays of three or four metres; smaller spaces are delineated within some of the bays. Concrete frames permit large openings and support steel posts that hold the wood-truss roofing that is covered with metal sheeting.

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana Uganda
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin

The architects took special care to work with (and train) the carpenters and masons in order to attain the high quality of workmanship, including, for example, working with masons in the making of bricks.

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana Uganda
Drawing © Terrain Architects

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory Uganda – Building Information

Architect: Terrain Architects, Tokyo, Japan
Client: Ashinaga Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
Completed: 2015
Built Area: 2140 sqm

Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana Uganda
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin

Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin (photographer)

Drawing © Terrain Architects

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Location: Nansana, Uganda, Africa

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