Post by av on Oct 16, 2017 16:32:07 GMT -6
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T h e C r o c o d i l e H o u s e
In the West of Africa, the sky pours down with rain for five months out of the year. On a hot day, the suns warms the air to ninety-five degrees and the wind blows in from the Atlantic to the southwest. In the country of Mauritania, the traditional peoples live near the river, neighboring with the West African Crocodiles. The Mauritanian people revere the crocodiles and protect them from harm. They believe just as the water nurtures the crocodiles, so do the crocodiles nurture the water.
The Crocodile House of the Rural Arts Center in Senegal seeks the same affinitive relationship with the ever-present water. The modular construction of tin scales that compose the House’s roof mimics the crocodiles’ skin as it directs the rainwater into cisterns for collection, to be used all around the complex. The earthen walls branch outwards funneling the winds from the southwest to cool and comfort the studio space. The studio space is a sheltered, open-air learning environment that neighbors the workshop, an encloseure whose fifteeen foot reammed-earth walls provide security and space for crafting with heavy machinery.
rammed earth walls $2400
wood truss $250
tin roof $390
roof component $15
tools $25
nails $90
Total $3170