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Rwanda

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Rwanda

NewsNews • 17 Jul 2023

Leadership Center for women is inspired by Rwanda’s “Imigongo” art form

In Rwinkwavu, a rural village in Rwanda’s Eastern Province, the Komera Leadership Center provides health, education, and mentorship programs for young women. Designed by architectural studio BE_Design, the Leadership Center also supports family development initiatives and acts as a hub for local residents. Bruce Engel Bruce Engel In Rwanda, “Komera” means “be strong, have courage.” The Leadership Center invests in young women through educational initiatives, community development, and sport. Within its village setting, the Center sits on the main road, opposite a football pitch. Bruce Engel Bruce Engel The vast majority of the Center’s construction materials were sour... More

Project • By SELIM SENINHousing

Villa Patel

The project was designed in Kigali, Rwanda.It is designed with the continuity movements of the house floor movements in large proportions and 30 cm slab proportions. It is designed to have only a home theater and a balcony on the 1st floor of the house. The master bedroom, bedroom and living room on the ground floor are separated from each other by the pool design. The main entrance of the house was designed 2 floors high and emphasized.Tthe first floor appears as a closed mass.There is a pool in front of the building. On the ground floor, there is a living room on one side of the plot and a bedroom on the other. The garden facing the bedroom on the side is designed as sheltered from rain and sun with a console canopy. Caption Capti... More

Project • By SELIM SENINHousing

Gacuriro Villa Renovation

The project is located in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. One of the 100 brick houses was redesigned to add more rooms. The fact that the neighboring buildings in the region are located with the same architecture creates an architectural language. It was requested by the client to make an additional room and to obtain better space organization in order to rent the house at a better price in one of the buildings within this language union. Caption The most difficult part here is to preserve the language unity in the region with the additions to be made. By adding re-flooring on the single-storey area at the back, 3 rooms were obtained instead of 2 rooms on the upper floor. 2 rooms facing the front façade have been expanded forwar... More

Project • By SELIM SENINHousing

Villa Rose

In the living room design, a circular shelf is designed under the stairs leading down to the 2-storey gallery. This circular approach continues in design ceiling designs. Caption The hall consists of 3 zones: living area, dining area and breakfast area which is connected to kitchen. The breakfast area designed in front of the kitchen is semi-openly separated from the main dining table in the 2-floor-high volume with vertical elements. Caption The area under the stairs was designed with a Japanese miniature bonsai tree to create a green texture in the space and a small function was added to this unused area. The TV area provides a warm seating area with the shelves around it and the fireplace area underneath. Caption The ma... More

Project • By SELIM SENINOffices

RMT Offices

The building is located in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. There are hotels and office buildings around the building on the main street. The construction area is approximately 7000 m2.6 different suggestions were prepared for the facade, and finally mesh facade design was chosen. The building has 1 basement floor. The building is U-shaped in plan and on the outside the corners make circular angles. Caption The facade of the building is designed with mesh metal panels, creating a second facade. The glass surface starting from the main road continues towards the side road at an angle and connects the two facades. There is no mesh on this glass surface. The presence or absence of mesh is discussed on the façade, in contrast to the... More

Project • By SELIM SENINHousing

Kimironko Houses

The project is located in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.Rwanda's topography consists of thousands of hills and the project site is located on the sloping surface of a hill. The plot continues with a vertical slope after a flat area at the upper level.At the lowest level of the land, there is a green forest area that is not open to project design according to the city master plan. For this reason, 2 row houses blocks, each consisting of 9 villas, were designed on the flat area above. where the slope starts, instead of designing row houses in the form of blocks, single villas sitting on the slope were designed.The individual villas located on the slope are designed by leveling according to the vehicle road level slope.Access to the villa... More

Project • By SELIM SENINPrivate Houses

Villa M2

The project is located in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, located in East Africa. The project land, located on a hill overlooking the city, consists of an area of 2000 m2. As a result of various meetings with the client, it is recommended that all places of the house look at the view. Since the project land has a unique view of Kigali, all rooms and spaces have been planned to benefit from the view. On the 1st floor, there is only the guest room and the home cinema. Caption Caption The 1st floor was designed centrally to center the ground floor of the building.The ground and first floor floors of the building are detached from the walls of the building and designed to float in the air. Thanks to this floating roof, light can be re... More

Project • By SELIM SENINApartments

ALBERT APARTMENTS

The building is located in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The building rising with 2-storey masses lying horizontally and the glass-covered floors between them, created a contrast with the vertical boxes that came out of the console opposite to the horizontal. The dynamic relationship formed by horizontal and vertical masses created a sense of movement in different directions in the structure. 5 vertical boxes in the building gave the building an architectural identity by making a console with a height of 3 floors. The commercial floors on the ground floor and 1st floor have defined the entrance area to the building with the shell extending to the boundary of the plot and have been decomposed in size from the upper apartment volumes. More

Project • By SELIM SENINShopping Centres

Warehouses Complex

The main entrance to the parcel is defined as perpendicular to the common border of the two parcels. The building mass is designed to follow the parcel boundary, and an interior courtyard is designed for buildings. The width of the road that gives access to the main road is 16 meters. The inner courtyard from the main road reaches with vehicles ramp.With 16 meters wide ramp that leads into the inner courtyard. This ramp, which will provide access to the courtyard from the main road, is a common area within the two parcels. Both parcels will use that entrance ramp as partners.The width of the vehicles inner circulation route is 13 meters wide.The whole building complex is sitting in 2 different levels. Warehouse buildings are located in the... More

Project • By SELIM SENINResidential Landscape

Hill Houses

Site consists of 2 blocks. The blocks are situated perpendicular to the slope of the plot. Each block is gradually withdrawn as it rises. Social areas are designed for apartment users between the mutual blocks. More