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Archstorming, an architectural platform that organizes international humanitarian competitions, has released the results for the Senegal Elementary School contest. In this competition, participants were challenged to design a school for the NGO Let’s Build My School, a non-profit organization from the United Kingdom that builds schools in underprivileged areas across the world using sustainable and locally sourced materials. They research and implement innovative and low-cost construction techniques, which can be adapted to diverse sites and require little or no construction knowledge. The chosen location was Marsassoum, a small town located in the south of Senegal. Continue reading