Thai school builds low-impact bamboo dorms to shelter refugee children
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The dorms were designed for rapid construction using local materials and techniques in order to house child refugees from bordering Burma (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The dorms were designed for rapid construction using local materials and techniques in order to house child refugees from bordering Burma (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The first of four 72-sq m (775-sq ft) dormitories was completed within four weeks of its April 2012 commencement (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The architects behind the project, Albert Olmo, Jan Glasmeier and Line Ramstad, decided from the outset that the buildings should be made from materials that could be either reused or resold (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
It was also decided that no one dorm should sleep more than 25 to prevent crowding (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
In all the Child Development Center, which is run by the Mae Tao Clinic, is home to more than 500 refugee and ethnic minority children (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The first of four 72-sq m (775-sq ft) dormitories was completed within four weeks of its April 2012 commencement (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The first of four 72-sq m (775-sq ft) dormitories was completed within four weeks of its April 2012 commencement (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The cost of the dormitories (€1700, or US$2100, each) was met by the Embassy of Luxembourg in Bangkok (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The decision to design with local traditional construction methods in mind was made in order to make future maintenance of the buildings easy (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The dorms were designed for rapid construction using local materials and techniques in order to house child refugees from bordering Burma (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The first of four 72-sq m (775-sq ft) dormitories was completed within four weeks of its April 2012 commencement (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
The dorms were designed for rapid construction using local materials and techniques in order to house child refugees from bordering Burma (Photo: Line Ramstad/Allyse Pulliam)
Article Summary
The Children Development Center in the Thai town of Mae Sot recently completed the last of four low-impact bamboo and timber dormitories designed to provide temporary shelter for up to 100 children. The dorms were designed for rapid construction using local materials and techniques in order to house child refugees from bordering Burma.
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