In Bamako, Senegal there is a lack of quality residenses. Therefore a big developer of Senegal wants to built new places for accomodation, retail, recreation in capital city Bamako. Medium size plots in the city’s most prestigious neighbourhood are looks very suitable for this usage. Developers was concerned about the quality of the end product. All construction materials and qualified work force has to import. For that reason off-site construction methods was suitable for them.
Bamako is changing fast and growing exponantially. The municipality rules are rapidly changing. So after a short period of time when the conditions change there should be a way to adapt that without demolish the building to the ground.
The solution to these diffrent problems would be through construction method. We know what-to-built we need to discuss how-to-built.
Besides the preliminery conditions mentioned above, fast construction, easy to erract the building, clean manufacture, low carbon emissions and safety issues, decided with all actors to use volumetric, off-site light steel modular construction. All volumes are produced as designed and fully completed such as including façade cladding and interior materials (bathroom, cabinets, kitchen utensils, armatures, etc.). Ready-to-use construction modules are packed at the factory, and transferred to the site by tuck, vessel or aircraft. This also allows us to cost-control via manufacturing processes
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN in SEMI-ARID CLIMATE
The location of the design has challenging climate conditions. All elements concidered for decreasing the effects and the adopt to this conditions to keep spaces cool down to confartable, tolerable ranges of wide heat scale. Conditions shaped the building,
- SUN PROTECTION
- Building Orientation: Carefully studied to protect from western and north sun.
