Burkina Faso - Building 'Cool' Schools : Èlia Borràs / The Guardian

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How do you keep a building cool under a baking sun when there is no air conditioning?


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"Gando primary school, built in 2001, was Kéré’s first construction after completing his studies. “At first, my community didn’t understand why I wanted to build with clay when there were glass buildings in Germany, so I had to convince them to use the local materials,” Kéré has said. Men and women came together to build the school, merging traditional techniques such as clay floors, beaten by hand until they were “smooth as a baby’s bottom” with more modern technology to seek better comfort."