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A Self-Sustainable Children’s Center In Tanzania By Asante Architecture & Design And Lönnqvist & Vanamo Architects 

Econef Children’s Center is a collaboration with Asante Architecture & Design, Lönnqvist & Vanamo Architects, Architects Without Borders Sweden, Engineers Without Borders Sweden and ECONEF, a Swedish-Tanzanian NGO that aims to improve the standard of living for orphans in the Arusha area.

ECONEF is an independent non-governmental organization located in Jua-kali, outside Arusha in northern Tanzania. With the help of private donations ECONEF is able to offer security and everyday necessities for the 16 children living at the Jua Kali orphanage. The new Children’s Center includes sleeping quarters and classrooms for 25 children.

Image Courtesy © Robin Hayes

• Architects: Asante Architecture & Design and Lönnqvist &Vanamo Architects
• Project: Econef Children’s Center
• Location: Arusha, Tanzania
• Photography: Robin Hayes
  
• Lead Architects: Carolina Wikström, Frida Öster (Asante Architecture&Design), Pilvi Vanamo (Lönnqvist Vanamo Architects)
• Design Team: Lukas Bidö (Asante Architecture&Design / Architects Without Borders Sweden), Jockum Beckeld (A-Direkt)
• Clients: Pro-bono work for Econef Tanzania
• Engineering: Cornelis Oskamp
• Landscape: Anna Valman, Julia Vilkenas, Johanna Ardland Bojvall, Hanne Nilsson
• Collaborators: ECONEF, Architects Without Borders Sweden, Engineers Without Borders Sweden
• Gross Built Area: 650 m2
• Completion Year: 2018

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