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Passively ventilated

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Project • By OOIIO ArchitecturePrivate Houses

GAL House

A family wanted to build a special house on a plot with a significant slope west oriented, facing a wide plain full of oaks at the foot of Madrid Mountains. The location is great, because from there you can see incredible sunsets, with the domes of El Escorial Monastery and the mountains on its background. OOIIO Architecture On the plot itself there were already several oak trees and very hard granite rocks emerging from the ground, a very typical landscape of this area. In fact, an old wall made of this same granite material closes the plot in its lower side. A stone barrier that is probably centuries old and will be a great opportunity to recover and integrate it as the exterior fencing of the new house. Without a doubt, a plot in... More

NewsNews • 24 Jun 2024

Article 25 completes low-carbon, passively ventilated College Amadou Hampâté Bâ in Niger

College Amadou Hampâté Bâ is a low-carbon, passively ventilated school located in Niamey, the capital of Niger. The project was completed by Article 25, a leading UK humanitarian architectural NGO whose name is derived from Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The college takes its name from the influential Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist, Amadou Hampâté Bâ — its transformative architecture showcases what is possible when resources are in short supply. Souleymane Ag Anara The much-needed project transformed an existing middle school into a forward-looking secondary school that will accommodate up to 1,200 children (offering subsidized education to children f... More