Kasupe Training Centre
View all projectsA microfinance charity, MicroLoan operates centres across Malawi, making small business loans to women. Our scheme, designed pro bono for the charity, offers the Foundation its first purpose-built training centre to future assist recipients of loans by providing a space for business support and vocational training. The new centre sits adjacent to MicroLoan's existing headquarters, creating a welcoming public entrance to the charity's much-visited home base. It is simple in form, housing four 55sqm classrooms from an open colonnade along the front of the building.
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A break in the facade creates a hub around a central kitchen
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Naturally ventilated classroom
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Ground floor layout
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The colonnade is inspired by the porches, or 'khondes', typically found in local architecture. It offers shade from sun and acts as a gathering space
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Wherever possible, we specified local materials, including tiles and bricks sourced from nearby Lake Malawi
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A working space for sustainable and commercially successful micro-businesses
- City
- Kasungu, Malawi
- Use
- Education
- Client
- Microloan Foundation
- Status
- Completed
- Collaborators
Contractor: Mkatha Construction
Structure: Akera Engineers
Surveyor: SFS Property Consultants
Environmental: Max Fordham
Photography: Dennis Gilbert