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Empowering Villages Community Center: Kilimbi, Rwanda, Serena J. Reeves
Empowering Villages Community Center: Kilimbi, Rwanda, Serena J. Reeves
Architectural Engineering
In collaboration with Journeyman International and Empowering Villages this project includes the structural drawings and calculations for a community center located in a rural part of Kilimbi, Rwanda. The structural systems utilized include conventional wood framing, wood framed trusses, special concrete moment frames, special concrete cantilevered columns, conventional continuous foundations, pad footings and a slab on grade. The goal of this project is to promote a healthy community dynamic by providing spaces for assembly, social programs, skills training, and recreation. It includes classrooms, a library, and outdoor learning areas.
Bihongora Library And Community Center, Nicholas M. Dekker, Elyssa L. Adams
Bihongora Library And Community Center, Nicholas M. Dekker, Elyssa L. Adams
Architectural Engineering
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Journeyman International - Rubagabaga Evc And Ace - Rwanda, Africa, Jake M. Stom
Journeyman International - Rubagabaga Evc And Ace - Rwanda, Africa, Jake M. Stom
Construction Management
Rubagabaga EVC and ACE, or Empowering Villages Center and Agricultural Center of Excellence, is an interdisciplinary project based senior project completed by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo students. College of Architecture and Environmental Design students Jake Stom, Mackenzie Diaz, Julia De Hart, and Jenna Williams completed the design and preconstruction services with the help of non-profit humanitarian organization, Journeyman International. The deliverable aims to serve the client, Empowering Villages, by providing the complete design of a community center and agricultural training facility near Kaseke Village in Rwanda. The goal is to provide the local community with development efforts …
Asyv Women's Cooperative And Opportunity Center, Tia Justine Wright Deharpport, Tatyana Markovna Wohlfarth
Asyv Women's Cooperative And Opportunity Center, Tia Justine Wright Deharpport, Tatyana Markovna Wohlfarth
Architectural Engineering
Journeyman International is a non-profit company that coordinates the design and construction of humanitarian projects between architecture, architectural engineering, and construction management students in order to build impactful projects in developing nations at a minimal cost. One of these projects is Kwitunga: a Women’s Cooperative and Opportunity Center in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. This project consists of four buildings that create a space for women to design, create, and sell clothing items, harvest tropical fruits, socialize, and provide a safe space for their children. The project team consists of four students from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis …
Karambo Micro-Industrial Complex Structural Design, Sophia E. Abshire, Stella M. Bates
Karambo Micro-Industrial Complex Structural Design, Sophia E. Abshire, Stella M. Bates
Architectural Engineering
The Karambo Micro-Industrial Complex consists of 3 buildings located approximately 3.5 m above and 50 m away from the Karambo River in the Rubavu District of Western Rwanda. Each building will be constructed of concrete framework, confined masonry walls and steel trusses. The purpose of these buildings will be to serve as a classroom, library, an dd industrial work space to empower the citizens of this village. The purpose of this project was to provide a complete structural design. In this report you will find a description of the project and structural design as well as a complete structural calculation …
Learning By Teaching In Rwanda: Alumnus Michael Heater Takes Planning Knowledge To A Rural Village, Paul Donegan
Learning By Teaching In Rwanda: Alumnus Michael Heater Takes Planning Knowledge To A Rural Village, Paul Donegan
Focus
MCRP Alumnus Michael Heater is exemplary in combining CRP’s practical community-oriented approach with the planning profession’s noble mission of helping populations in need. For the last couple of years, Michael and his wife GraceAnne have been working as Peace Corps volunteers, making sure that they make a difference in a small village in Rwanda.