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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Woman's Opportunity Center Model
Work_PrefTitle
Woman's Opportunity Center Model
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Detail, rain chain collecting rainwater runoff from roof into underground cistern
Image_Title
Detail, rain chain collecting rainwater runoff from roof into underground cistern
Image View
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Creator:
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Sharon Davis Design (American architectural firm, founded 2007)
Agent_Display
Sharon Davis Design (American architectural firm, founded 2007)
Creator
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Location:
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exhibition: Museum for Art of the XXI Century (MAXXI) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
exhibition: Museum for Art of the XXI Century (MAXXI) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Via Guido Reni, 4
Work_LocationNotes
Via Guido Reni, 4
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.929 12.466
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Date:
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2015 (exhibition); built 2013 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
2015 (exhibition); built 2013 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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African (general, continental cultures); Rwandan
Work_Culture
African (general, continental cultures); Rwandan
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Twenty-first century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Twenty-first century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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model (representation)
Work_Worktype1
model (representation)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Architecture and City Planning
Work_Classification
Architecture and City Planning
Classification
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Material:
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wood; wicker (simulating brick in the finished build)
Work_MaterialDisplay
wood; wicker (simulating brick in the finished build)
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Subjects:
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agriculture; architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Housing; Sustainable buildings; rural village; agrarian; resettlement; refugees
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
agriculture; architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Housing; Sustainable buildings; rural village; agrarian; resettlement; refugees
Subjects
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Description:
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The model was part of an exhibit at MAXXI, photographed July, 2015. Architect's statement: "On a two-hectare site in Kayonza, Rwanda, the most densely populated country in Africa, the Women’s Opportunity Center is empowering one small community. We chose the idea of a vernacular Rwandan village as our organizing principle: a series of human-scaled pavilions clustered to create security and community for up to 300 women [war survivors]...circula r structures are modeled after the historic King’s Palace in southern Rwanda, whose woven-reed dwellings were part of an indigenous tradition that the region had all but lost. Our design draws on the delicacy of this vernacular Rwandan construction method with rounded, perforated brick walls that allow for passive cooling and solar shading, while maintaining a sense of privacy. " The model shows one of the small round family pavilions, part of the village that includes farming and a community center (built in 2013). The 450,000 clay bricks needed for construction were created on site by the women. (Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily .com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The model was part of an exhibit at MAXXI, photographed July, 2015. Architect's statement: "On a two-hectare site in Kayonza, Rwanda, the most densely populated country in Africa, the Women’s Opportunity Center is empowering one small community. We chose the idea of a vernacular Rwandan village as our organizing principle: a series of human-scaled pavilions clustered to create security and community for up to 300 women [war survivors]...circula r structures are modeled after the historic King’s Palace in southern Rwanda, whose woven-reed dwellings were part of an indigenous tradition that the region had all but lost. Our design draws on the delicacy of this vernacular Rwandan construction method with rounded, perforated brick walls that allow for passive cooling and solar shading, while maintaining a sense of privacy. " The model shows one of the small round family pavilions, part of the village that includes farming and a community center (built in 2013). The 450,000 clay bricks needed for construction were created on site by the women. (Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily .com/)
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Eleven
LocalCollection
Archivision Addition Module Eleven
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-SHARON-WOC-A03
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-SHARON-WOC-A03
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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