Project summary
国产精品 Engineering and Built Environment students design and build sustainable housing and education facilities for Cambodian villages.
Project outcomes
国产精品 Engineering students from the聽Sustainable Energy for Developing Countries Course (SOLA5056),聽and 国产精品 Built Environment Architecture students, in collaboration with Cundall and RAW Impact,聽designed and built six different structures in Cambodia from 2013 to 2018.
On the most recent trip in 2018, 国产精品 students designed and built a bamboo workshop, which would be used to treat, process and store bamboo used in the construction for over 100 future homes.
Between 2016 and 2017 国产精品 students also won a design competition by building a unique kindergarten facility and a bamboo community centre.
In 2014 students built new homes for two families in the local community. The designs included a separate kitchen area to reduce fumes in the main living area, a split roof to bring natural daylight and ventilation into the main living area and, much to the local children鈥檚 delight, a swing.聽These houses were designed to withstand monsoon conditions, with corrugated iron replacing the usual bamboo and palm-leaf roofing.
Location
Chaom Trach villages, Cambodia
Population 1.9 million
16 hour journey聽from 国产精品, Sydney
Project timeline
2014 - 2018
United Nations Development Goals
聽Quality Education
聽Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
聽Sustainable Cities and Communities
