2024-09-21T03:43:18-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150444135/hassell-and-iaac-deploy-3d-printing-method-for-greater-gender-equality-in-tanzania Josh Niland 2024-08-29T12:35:00-04:00 >2024-08-29T13:39:18-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/03/03b0f9448f6e60b68198060d951e17c2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/475/3d-printing" target="_blank">3D printed</a> project in Tanzania from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/29423331/hassell" target="_blank">Hassell</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/18773412/iaac-the-institute-for-advanced-architecture-of-catalonia" target="_blank">Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia</a> (IAAC) team of researchers in Barcelona will provide housing, professional skills training, and education for young women in the village of Kibaha.</p> <p>Within the new Hope Village master plan, which is being undertaken with help from Australia&rsquo;s Clarke Hopkins Clarke (CHC), a new Community Building structure will take shape using earth materials and locally sourced timber sections.&nbsp;</p> <p>Its realization expands on research that <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150439458/iaac-team-expands-on-first-3d-printed-earth-forest-campus-in-barcelona" target="_blank">first began in Spain</a> and has since earned the Shaping A Circular Industrial Ecosystem Prize at the New European Bauhaus Awards in 2023. Construction will start in 2025.&nbsp;Mark Loughnan, the Principal and Head of Design at Hassell, states: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re using design to uplift the way people experience their daily lives. In this instance, we&rsquo;re using it to hopefully help, heal and educate &mdash; and we&rsquo;re also using it to innovate.&rdquo;&nbsp;<br></p> <p></p>...