11a – Another idea for a social center

This is another idea for a social center, a health center or a small school. Its design is based on straight lines making it suitable to be built with adobe bricks or compacted earth blocks (CEBs).

  

  

Four (4) individual buildings surround a central patio. This are can be closed off with gates or safety fences, making the whole complex very safe. 

   

 

The central patio can be covered with an open roof structure for shade and protection from the rain. People moving from one room to another do not have to feel exposed to the weather. A tree in the middle of the patio can provide additional shade. This creates a cooling effect for the whole complex.

  

 

There is more detail about this model at the mestiçagens blog. You may also download this model from Google 3D Warehouse with the Google SketchUp, which is free and easy to use.

11 – An idea for a social center

Traditional building techniques are well suited for residential buildings but can be very well applied to other buildings.

  

 

A social center, a health center, a small school, with multiple interior spaces can be built with the same materials and using the same techniques we use for a traditional dwelling, a rural dwelling. 

  

 

The dimensions can be decided depending on the local needs, according to the available materials, or depending on the building skills or needs of each community.

  

The example presented here was constructed as a small scale model and published in mestiçages, is only an idea, only a model.

  

This model is available at Google 3D Warehouse and may be freely used.