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Silindokuhle Preschool
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Community project for an existing preschool

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Category:
education
Phase:
in use
Design:
collectif saga + Uncedo
Updated:
17 July 2017
introduction

Since 2014, saga has been involved in a community project in Joe Slovo West, an informal area in the suburbs of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. As architects, we believe that we have a role to play in assisting such a community in its very own process of self-development. For nearly three years now, we have been working with some of the community members on the implementation of various facilities within the precinct. After a first building in 2015 (community hall), the team went back to Joe Slovo and worked collectively on a second phase of the process. The project is based on a local initiative, and intends to assist it in having a more powerful and long lasting impact on the area.

The project consists in the design and construction of a new building for an existing preschool in Joe Slovo. The main goal is to provide the children of the community with a better and safer learning environment. The project is based on a local initiative, the Silindokuhle Preschool, founded by Patricia Piyani in 2010. This personal initiative led to the creation of a NPO (Silindokuhle Preschool), which is run by a group of local women and intends to address the issue of the lack of educational infrastructures for the youngest children of Joe Slovo.

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View from the playground

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The environment is predominantly made of governmental houses

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Inside a classroom

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Papercrete wall + tree poles

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During the opening of the preschool

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The kids inside the canteen

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Inside the canteen

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Kids in the playground

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Homemade sliding door from a reclaimed racking system and bike parts

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Plastering the south wall with papercrete

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Community members plastering the south wall

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Choosing the future poles of the preschool

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the frame of the canteen is made of reclaimed racking systems

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Dada preparing the holes for the trees

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Inside the roof beams

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Lifting the roof beams

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Roof structure

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Work session with the community

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Workshop with the community - Mapping Joe Slovo

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Workshop with the community - exhibition on site

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technical drawings
Site Plan

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Ground floor plan

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Cross section

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Exploded view - structure

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