Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes (CBF) et la prévention des mutilations génitales féminines 'Gisèle Kambou'

<< Provides educational and medical services to woman in need >>

Project Type:
architecture

Project Mission/Goal:
respond to our growing need for clean water, power, shelter, healthcare, education
address humanitarian crises

Project Description:
Le Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes, a Women's Health Centre in Burkina Faso, was created between 2005 and 2007 by AIDOS, an Italian NGO fighting for Women's Rights in Developing Countries.

The AIDOS project, financed by the Democratici di Sinistra Political Party and with a contribution from the European Commission, is just one of the group's international programs focused on contrasting the diffusion of Female Genital Mutilation [FGM].

The social/health-services program developed by AIDOS, together with its local partners was focused on providing the educational services, information and awareness about women's sexual and reproductive rights in Sector 27 of Ouagadougou, a peripheral urban area settled by the rural population.

The social program called for the realization of a building complex capable of hosting a variety of activities in very harsh circumstances. The architectural project represents the response to this condition.

Completed in 15 months by a local builder, under the direct supervision of FAREstudio, the CBF is functionally and cost-effective answer to the needs expressed by AIDOS, while simultaneously and primarily representing a centre of aggregation and identity for the entire local community.

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http://architectafrica.com/FARE
http://www.searchingafricanarchitecture.org/en/node/226
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Project Details:
Location: Burkina Faso, Africa
Concept/Lead Architect(s)/Designer(s): designed by FAREstudio, Italian practice
Project Architect: Riccardo Vannucci
Design: 2005 - 2006
Construction: 2006 - 2007, now in operation
Project team: Giuseppina Forte, Joao Sobral, Erika Trabucco [FAREstudio], with Emanuela Valle
Site supervision: Erika Trabucco, Joao Sobral [FAREstudio]
Project management: Clara Caldera, Paola Cirillo, Elena Bonometti [AIDOS], Sophie Sedgho [Voix de Femmes]
Client: AIDOS< Italian NGO
User Client: Voix de Femmes< Burkinbé NGO, women and families of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Number of beneficiaries/users: 200women\month on average
Project Phase: in use by community
Major Funding: Democratici di Sinistra Political Party and European Commission
Site area: 1600sqm
Building Area: 500 sqm
Cost/Cost: € 210.000 [Building+Garden+Solar panels+Electricity Generator+Well with water tower and solar pomp+Incinerator+Ventilated Improved Pits latrines+Plot wall+Guardhouse]
Contractor/Manufacturer: S.art Décor
Additional Consultants: Answer's architects

Nominated by Cameron Sinclair

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