Type of project:
Health Clinic
Built-in a rural village in the Ashanti Region, Weft is a design-build project that tests the possibilities, adaptability, and sustainability of earthen construction through the experimentation of “earth-crete,” a mixture of sand, gravel, earth, cement, and water. The building includes a waiting area for incoming patients, a doctor's room and check-in, two patient rooms, as well as a bathroom with an attached water collection system. The project was constructed over the span of 2.5 months with the aid of 17 volunteers and 8 local workers. As a volunteer, I aided in the construction of the clinic for 6 weeks, material testing, organization, and purchasing of materials, as well as in the landscape and furniture design.
Type of project:
Health Clinic
Built-in a rural village in the Ashanti Region, Weft is a design-build project that tests the possibilities, adaptability, and sustainability of earthen construction through the experimentation of “earth-crete,” a mixture of sand, gravel, earth, cement, and water. The building includes a waiting area for incoming patients, a doctor's room and check-in, two patient rooms, as well as a bathroom with an attached water collection system. The project was constructed over the span of 2.5 months with the aid of 17 volunteers and 8 local workers. As a volunteer, I aided in the construction of the clinic for 6 weeks, material testing, organization, and purchasing of materials, as well as in the landscape and furniture design.