Tag Senegal
![Dawoffice: Kamanar secondary school in Thionck Essyl, Senegal
Dawoffice: Kamanar secondary school in Thionck Essyl, Senegal](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/30/17367/01_Dawoffice_CEM-Kamanar_Ph_Claudia_Maurino_HOME_last_sez.jpg)
11-11-2022
Dawoffice: Kamanar secondary school in Thionck Essyl, Senegal
In Thionck Essyl, in the south of Senegal, Dawoffice built Kamanar secondary school out of timber and clay. With vernacular reminiscences and a very specific identity arising out of the construction’s relationship with its existing natural surroundings, the school is a passive building based on local know-how.
![IDOM Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit Senegal<br />
IDOM Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit Senegal<br />](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/1/14937/01_idom_alioune-diop-university_ph-cherif-tall_last_sez.jpg)
05-09-2019
IDOM Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit Senegal
In Senegal, the Spanish firm IDOM has designed an extension for Alioune Diop University, drawing inspiration from the natural surroundings and using conventional low-energy construction techniques and bioclimatic strategies. The project was selected among the finalists of the 2019 edition of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and has recently won the 2019 COAVN Award in the category Arquitectura y Urbanismo Extraterritorial.
![Caring Wood named RIBA House of the Year 2017
Caring Wood named RIBA House of the Year 2017](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/1/13339/01_caring-wood_ph_james-morris_last_sez.jpg)
01-12-2017
Caring Wood named RIBA House of the Year 2017
Macdonald Wright Architects’ Caring Wood has been named RIBA House of the Year 2017. Floornature looks at more of the interesting home projects covered in the year 2017.
![TAMassociati H2OS an eco village for Africa
TAMassociati H2OS an eco village for Africa](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/1/12773/01_h2os_tamassocciati_senegal_last_sez.jpg)
07-06-2017
TAMassociati H2OS an eco village for Africa
Architecture can provide a concrete response to problems like desertification, abandonment and emigration and TAMassociati demonstrates it with the H2OS project, an eco village in Africa whose first lot has recently been inaugurated.
![The winners of the World Habitat Awards 2016-17 The winners of the World Habitat Awards 2016-17](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/12493/0_maw_hunzikerplatz_evening_mehralswohnen_last_sez.jpg)
15-03-2017
The winners of the World Habitat Awards 2016-17
The two winners of the World Habitat Awards 2016-17, organised by the Building and Social Housing Foundation with the support of UN-Habitat have been announced.
![Toshiko Mori Architects Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Centre Senegal
Toshiko Mori Architects Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Centre Senegal](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/1/12195/01_toshiko_mori_thread_senegal_aktc-dev-tv_last_sez.jpg)
19-12-2016
Toshiko Mori Architects Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Centre Senegal
Traditional construction techniques and materials such as bamboo, brick and straw were combined with innovative design solutions in Toshiko Mori Architects' Thread, an artists' residence commissioned by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and built in a rural village in Senegal.
![Finalists of the 2016-17 World Habitat Awards Finalists of the 2016-17 World Habitat Awards](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/12073/featimgnews_ chile _whaf16_last_sez.jpg)
01-11-2016
Finalists of the 2016-17 World Habitat Awards
Since 1976, the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) has been a catalyst for social change through architecture.
![Livegreenblog explores Expo Milano 2015 Livegreenblog explores Expo Milano 2015](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/10858/0_livegreenblog-explores-expo-milano-2015_last_sez.jpg)
11-08-2015
Livegreenblog explores Expo Milano 2015
Expo Milano 2015 is becoming our go-to destination this Summer.
![Social and environmental sustainability. Niafourang Project, Senegal.
Social and environmental sustainability. Niafourang Project, Senegal.](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/8438/0_social-and-environmental-sustainability-niafourang-project-senegal_last_sez.jpg)
04-02-2013
Social and environmental sustainability. Niafourang Project, Senegal.
In 2011, three Norwegian fourth year architect students at the NTNU (Norwegian School of Science and Technology) went to Senegal with the intention of creating sustainable architecture for the local community.