Nearly two years to the day of submitting what would become the winning entry to the
2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge, and tens of thousands of combined air miles later, construction finally commenced this month in the dusty slum of Mukuru Kwa Njenga on the eastern outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. The new community technology resource center is set to give the expectant African community a powerful tool to end the cycle of poverty. The community center, designed for
Slums Information Development Resource Center (SIDAREC) and the needs of Nairobi youth by
The Global Studio from Seattle, WA, USA, will give Mukuru residents access to the Internet, computer and technology training, health clinic services, early childhood development programs, and a community theater. A radio station and recording studio will top out the six-month construction project, beaming SIDAREC’s radio station Ghetto 99.9 to more than 650,000 local residents and countless listeners around the world.
Road Construction in front of SIDAREC site
Official construction sign
Culvert and construction materials on site
Form work and concrete placed around new drainage culvert
New culvert will ease access to SIDAREC's community center
Construction site work in progess
Construction site work in progress
Building form work
Building temporarty early childhood education center to replace the one demolished for construction of the new facility.
