Article source: Patricia Erimescu

Serving 408 kids from primary school and also the pupils from other three schools in the surrounding area, the Njoro Children’s Library is important in terms of giving the pupils access to books and reading in a region in which most have no books at home.

the brick wall contribute to a comfortable inside climate, Image Courtesy © Patricia Erimescu

• Architects: Patricia Erimescu
• Project: Njoro Children’s Library 
• Location: Mailisita, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
  
• Software used: AutoCad and Photoshop
• Client: Njoro Primary School
• Local coordinator: James Kirima
• Local support: Excel Education Foundation
• Build by: locals, pupils, teachers and volunteers
• Volunteers: Anatol Struna, Ovidiu Chifor, Calin Bodnar, Laura Terzi, Radu Cotenescu, Sarah Kraußlach, Razvan Onu, Ovidiu Chifor, Beatriz Santiago, Vittorio Degli Innocenti, Simon Bowden, Pete Steele
• Materials/techniques: compressed earth blocks and reused concrete blocks from an abandoned construction
• Cost: 5400 USD
• Built area: 90 mp
• Year: 2015

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