Design Indaba 08: the first sand-bag house designed by Cape Town architects MMA is taking shape (see earlier post).
The house, which has a total budget of just 65,000 Rand (£4,300/$8,600), is one of ten houses being built to house former shack dwellers.
The house is part of the 10×10 Housing Project initiated by Design Indaba, the Cape Town design conference and fair, which is taking place this week.
10×10 aims to develop new affordable housing typologies by pairing international designers with South African architects.
A total of 100 houses by ten different design teams will be built at Freedom Park in Cape Town.
Women from Freedom Park are building the houses.
See our earlier story for more info on the sand-bag houses.
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
me quedan algunas dudas sobre la solidez del sistema constructivo, sobre todo porque no veo ningun soporte lateral (no sé si luego se le añadirá) en las paredes de sacos, esto porque si alguna persona tropieza y se apoya en dicho muro, o con alguna presión eólica muy fuerte; podría causar movimientos en ellas.
Un saludo por la buena arq.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmwhy post this twice… its like architectural spamming…
February 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pmsurely nice to see actual work in progress during Design Indaba isn’t it? I am enjoying the development of this…
February 28th, 2008 at 3:57 amThis is very interesting ,..I’m looking forward for next step
March 1st, 2008 at 3:29 amWhere are the men?
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 am