Dear Architects /Designers,
Ref: Appreciation.
I wish to register my most sincere appreciation for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend to this competition.
We are grateful and overwhelmed by the quality of the submissions we have received. This competition is about to come to a close and I understand some designers would require extra time.
However, due to the time constraints am sorry am not able to extend the deadline. We plan to proceed and build one of the designs before end of the year.
I remain open to work with you both on further development of the ideas with my clients.
I will give the great work a place on my website www.ujenzibora.com where we shall continue to receive feedback from potential clients.
My email address is david.nahinga@gmail.com
Thank you again for participating. You are making a difference in the provision of practical solutions that will change the life of real people making a positive impact on the Architecture scene. Check out my website www.ujenzibora.com where I shall be doing a series of commentaries on this competition.
Regards.
David
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Arc/Team 277
Kasım 19, 14:05
Dear Mr David,
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to design a project that not only poses interesting and particular challenges, but also has the potential to bring a positive chage in people's lives ! This is amazing, and I am very excited in working for this.
Having been working on this for a while - I have a few questions :
1. What is the colour of your containers ? Is this important - do you want to keep the original exterior colour/finish of the containers, or not ?
2. Would you consider covering, cladding or painting the exterior of the (existing) containers - or would you rather keep them as they are ?
3. I've read the question one other participant asked - regarding mounting one container on top of the other (which I was also considering before reading your reply - because it offered some advantages)
4. Have you any idea about the type of soil and water level in the area ? Is it a floodable area ? I am asking because I'm trying to figure out some type of fundations for the containers, and also to figure out how high above ground level they should be placed.
5. Should we consider offering some sort of landscaping of the plot of land as well, or not at this stage ? I'm talking about alley, driveway, fence design, and so on...I have seen the video and pictures of the site (I've seen it's empty and arid at the present time) - but just thought I should ask in case you need these as well
Thank you very much,
Architect
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Dear Architect (ARC 277),
I am honored to have you participate in this solutions-finding mission.
Here is my feedback to the questions asked:
1. There is no preferred colour. You are at liberty to use any colour that will bring out the aesthetics in the project. Whatever colour the container is, we shall re-paint it to comply with the design before handing over.
2. Primarily, our main consideration is storage space. However, i understand the place is very hot on some days seeing that the land is hot and dry. For this reason, we may consider plenty of ventillation and cladding. However, this should not constrain your design as it is an extra mile.
3. I have considered your last bit of the question. If it offers some advantage, please do it. My initial answer to ARCH 456 was that our other intention is to open up the new frontier of alternative housing solutions beyond our current client. Therefore kindly feel free to design as long as we capture the minimum requirements of the design brief i.e. Multiple use space: storage, bedroom and office.
4. The place is very rocky and full of sand. However, on the surface we have traces of black cotton soil. The area is on the lower side of a plane so it can flood. A river is not so far from the distance (Actually the neighbour collects quite a good quantity of sand when it rains heavily!) In my estimation, a good distance off the existing ground level would be 0.4 to 0.5m.
5. Landscaping would be great!
Lastly, i look forward to future co-working and collaboration on the ground. Once we share the solutions generated with our target market and the present client, i am optimistic we shall implement the solutions to more than one client in the very near future.
Kind regards and All the best!
David
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Arc/Team 456
Kasım 18, 20:36
Dear Client
Is our responsibility to design the Plan of storage too? I mean do we have to design the interior of Container ships ?
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Dear Arc 456,
The Space will be multiple use. You can design it or just indicate it as "Storage". It largely depends on your proposal. All the best and Thank you for participating.
DN
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