Our first sustainable school, and the benchmark for every one since.
Architect Marissa Feddema of Cycle Architects designed a big covered space for play and class through the monsoon. Six classrooms for grades K–5 give younger kids their own space. Rammed earth walls keep everyone warm in winter and cool in summer.
It was the school where we stopped building with concrete. Every school since has been measured against it.
District
Kavre
Grades
2020
Built
6 classrooms, computer lab, library
Material
Rammed earth
Systems
Water purification, furniture, WaSH training, teacher training
The covered courtyard is the heart of the school: a place to play, gather and keep learning when the rains come. Thick earth walls hold steady temperatures through the seasons, and block noise between classrooms.
Donor
Acts of Kindness Collective
Karma Improvement Project (KIP)
Systems funded by
Fundación Heres
Architect
Cycle Architects / Studio Rae
Marissa Feddema
Contractor
Sustainable Futures
