Article source: ARCò -architettura e cooperazione

The idea of building the Um al Nasser children’s center “The Children’s Land” in the Gaza Strip started in 2011 as a response to a call from the local Bedouin community to the Vento di Terra NGO, asking for access to quality health and educational services for children and women of their village.

Difficult areas such as the Gaza Strip are characterized by a systematic lack of urban planning. The decision to build a school complex employing  bioclimatic architecture criteria was driven by the need to use readily available and cheap local resources.

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• Architects: ARCò -architettura e cooperazione and MCA- Mario Cucinella Architects
• Project: Children’s land
• Location: Umal Nasser village, The Gaza strip
• Client: Vento di Terra O.N.G.
• Donors: Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Cooperazione Italiana, CEI – Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, Comune di Milano, Comune di Sesto San, Giovanni (MI), LUSH Italia
• Year: 2011

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