Women's Opportunity Center
The nonprofit Women for Women International (WFW ) commissioned New York architect Sharon Davis, who had worked with WFW in Kosovo, to design the Women's Opportunity Center. The 5-acre 'mini-village,' with classrooms, dormitories, and communal spaces, is meant for women survivors of the war in Rwanda. Canopies of corrugated metal sit atop circular bases of handmade brick, fired and produced by local women. WFW hopes to open the center on March 8, 2013, International Women's Day.
Photo courtesy Sharon Davis Design
The nonprofit Women for Women International (WFW ) commissioned New York architect Sharon Davis, who had worked with WFW in Kosovo, to design the Women's Opportunity Center. The 5-acre 'mini-village,' with classrooms, dormitories, and communal spaces, is meant for women survivors of the war in Rwanda. Canopies of corrugated metal sit atop circular bases of handmade brick, fired and produced by local women. WFW hopes to open the center on March 8, 2013, International Women's Day.
Photo courtesy Sharon Davis Design
The circular brick buildings that comprise Davis's scheme for the center are organized around a central courtyard, seen here.
Photo courtesy Sharon Davis Design
Roofs of corrugated metal top each circular classroom.
Photo courtesy Sharon Davis Design
Davis's plan.
Photo courtesy Sharon Davis Design
Existing site
Photo courtesy Sharon Davis Design
Sharon Davis Design
The nonprofit Women for Women International (WFW ) commissioned New York architect Sharon Davis, who had worked with WFW in Kosovo, to design the Women's Opportunity Center. The 5-acre 'mini-village,' with classrooms, dormitories, and communal spaces, is meant for women survivors of the war in Rwanda. Canopies of corrugated metal sit atop circular bases of handmade brick, fired and produced by local women. WFW hopes to open the center on March 8, 2013, International Women's Day.
| Image courtesy Sharon Davis Design |
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