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MUTAMENJI CHOKANI

MUTAMENJI CHOKANI

Tallahassee, FL, US

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MASTERS THESIS PROJECT SPRING, 2012

DESIGN INTENT

Innovative approach: Solving the global housing catastrophe using vernacular architecture to design adequate housing that is affordable for those living in impoverished urban shelters of Malawi.

Vernacular architecture comprises of the dwellings and all other buildings of the people, related to their environmental contexts and available resources, they are customarily built utilizing traditional technologies. All forms of vernacular architecture are built to meet specific needs, accommodating the values, economies and ways of living of the cultures that produce them.-Oliver Paul 

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Blantyre, MW