Featured solutions
The solutions highlighted in this space are classified into seven types: new dwelling, repair, extension, toilet or latrine, drinking water system, sewage system and regularization of land title..
All of these solutions include a detailed description of their construction method, materials, qualitative characteristics, a financial summary, and other specifications so they can be replicated in other projects.
The habitat project
NGO: Arquitectura Sin Fronteras
Urban intervention in Chamanculo C, Maputo, Mozambique, focused on granting the obten- tion of DUAT to the inhabitants, through the conversion of their alleyways into more accessible roads, and the infraestructure improvement of the sanitary sewer system. Also, this considers the inclusion in their public policy, of a 9 step methodology for the access to the use of land.- This intervention is jointly developed between the Municipality of Maputo, Arquitectura sin Fronteras, the community of Maputo, and Water & Sanitation For the Urban Poor.
Chamanculo C, Maputo, Mozambique
Women building sustainable communities
NGO: Hábitat para la Humanidad Bolivia
Building of 60 sanitary facilities with recycled materials, containing a sink, toilet, and shower, that function through a graywater recycling system. The project is mainly focused on women from the 8th and 9th south districts of Cochabamba, Bolivia, that are the head of their house- holds and whose families are in a social vulnerability position.
Cochabamba and Viacha (El Alto), Bolivia
Viviendas reforzadas de adobe
NGO: Cooperación Comunitaria
Viviendas autoconstruidas con sistema reforzado de adobe, que permite 6 diferentes configuraciones a su programa, a partir de la variación de cantidad de habitaciones y la adición de un corredor exterior. El proyecto considera que las dimensiones de sus recintos, configuraciones técnicas, materialidad y su elaboración, respondan a criterios culturales de la arquitectura tradicional de su contexto.
La Soledad, Estado de Guerrero, México
Healthy latrines for ex-refugees families
NGO: CIRMA
Construction of 98 brick and cement latrines, that include toilet and sink, made for families of ex refugees in extreme poverty located in Villa Tanah, Kupang, Indonesia. This project was carried out by the NGO CIRMA, with support from the New Zealand embassy and SELAVIP. And was executed in a participatory manner, involving the beneficiary families in the implementation.
Villa Tanah, Kupang, Indonesia
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