K E N C A D AI N T E R N A T I O N A L I D E A S C O M P E T I T I O N

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KenCada Academy and DBR present an International Ideas Competition inviting Kenyan and International designers to give the students of KenCada International Academy a new place to learn and grow.

The environment of a learning space has great effect on the growth, focus and emotions of a student. An effective learning space has the potential to dynamically influence student learning, as opposed to passively providing a venue for it. Through a flexible, thoughtful design, the building will be a teacher in itself.

The KenCada International Academy was founded on the conviction that the best of Kenyan education and international 21st Century learning is urgently needed and should be made accessible to all Kenyan children. The challenge is to design a new campus for KenCada that will serve as a learning space for its students. Designs should be mindful of the school’s locality, and seek to engage the community it inhabits. Local materials unique to the Swahili Coast should also be celebrated. A balance of modernity and local vernacular traditions would be ideal.

TIMELINE March 1st, 2017 Registration Deadline

March 15th, 2017 Submission Deadline

March 15th-31st, 2017 Jury Deliberations

April 2017 Winners Announced

AWARDS

LOCAL | KENYA $2,000.00 CAD

REGIONAL | AFRICA $2,000.00 CAD

INTERNATIONAL | GLOBAL $2,000.00 CAD

Please note that this is an ideas competition - as such, no working contract will be guaranteed following the selection of a winner.

JUDGING CRITERIA Criteria for the judging of submissions will include:

• Innovation and Creativity in the design solution.

• Celebration of the local Kenyan context.

• Demonstration of the core values through design.

• Successful response to the design guidelines and submission requirements.

All submissions will be judged anonymously.

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PROGRAM Participants will be challenged to design a school, and the focus should be on the experience of the students and the teachers alike. The KenCada educational approach focuses largely on the facilitation of experiential and play-based learning by its students, as well as the development of a collaborative and open environment for its teachers. KenCada rejects the traditional method of linear teaching with the instructor as the sole source of knowledge, favouring a student centered approach.

KenCada intends to expand its cohort to an initial number of 236 students. Government regulations stipulate that every learning space for a class should have at least 0.5 m2 per student. The minimum number of students in each grade will follow the following matrix:

Baby Class Level 1 16Baby Class Level 2 16KG 1 20KG 2 20KG 3 20Standard 1 24Standard 2 24Standard 3 24Standard 4 24Standard 5 24Standard 6 24Total 236

The Baby and KG Classes are required to be spatially divided or separated from the Standard Classes, due to age and maturity differences.

OVERVIEW

DESIGN GUIDELINES Solutions should address the typical weather conditions of Mombasa. Floodwater flow and rainwater collection should be managed in the design. Weatherproofing of the structure is necessary. An independent solar power source to minimize disruptions to the learning of the KenCada students should be included.

The site has potential to build up to 3 stories to maximize students and small land space.

CORE VALUES

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Utilizing local materials and creating involvement within the community.

ACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Learning spaces should be able to be reconfigured to various teaching styles and student needs. Flexibiility is key.

CULTURAL RELEVANCE The design must celebrate and reflect the Kenyan culture, a balance of modernity and tradition.

NATURAL LIGHTING + VENTILATION Cooling passive ventilation and access to natural light within the interior is desired.

MODULARITY A design that could be adapted easily to different site conditions and varying programs. With consideration to growth over time.

COST EFFICIENT Practicality and innovation with consideration to a modest budget.

INTERIOR

• A minimum of 12 learning spaces to accomodate 236 students and 11 teachers, in total. Learning spaces should be compatible with educational technology.

• Common space for learning and assemblies. Library commons and distributed shelf/computer stations.

• Maker spaces to be considered for storytelling, ideation, fabrication, computational, woodworking, and more.

• Prayer rooms

• Administrative offices for Head Teacher and Secretary

• Conference room

• Staff resource room

• Multiple washrooms, 8 stalls required

• Security room

EXTERIOR

• Outdoor or rooftop play area with equipment.

• Cooking kitchen building with storage that is separate from the main school building.

• Communal eating area with partially covered roof for 60 students.

• Security is vital. Compound should be walled with guard and guarded entrance.

• Garden, living walls, and/or swimming pool

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THE CITY Mombasa, Mombasa County, Kenya

Mombasa is the second-biggest city in Kenya, located on the Swahili Coast. It is a major cultural hub and the only large seaport in Kenya. The residents of Mombasa were traditionally traders and skilled craftsmen who settled in this historical trading centre on the Indian Ocean.

Mombasa has a tropical wet and dry climate. The wet season in June to August brings tremendous amounts of rain and winds from the southeast. Schools often close due to flooding during this time, and power outages are frequent. The warm and dry season from December to February sees high temperatures of 28-32oC, and winds from the northeast.

CONTEXT

THE SITE Bamburi, North of Mombasa, Kenya

Site dimensions: 150m x 100m

Maximum number of storeys: 3

The site will be located in an urban sprawl area of Bamburi, north of Mombasa, near some residential homes already built. The neighbourhood is a largely upper middle class area. The site is a topographically flat field. Small scrub vegetation can be found in abundance, but no trees are located on site. Dirt roads currently lead to this area of Mombasa, and no services are provided, but infrastructure may be improved in the future.

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Urko Sánchez Principal and Founder, Urko Sánchez Architects

Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, Urko Sánchez began his architectural studies in 1988. It took him 10 years to complete his coursework because of a huge passion for travel. Consequently, travel has informed much of his life and his work – all of the colors and art and people and cultures he’s been exposed to adding to a sense of what Urko wanted to build for himself and others. The award-winning firm of Urko Sánchez Architects are based in Kenya and Spain, but have undertaken projects throughout Eastern Africa (Djibouti, Somalia) and further afield (Angola, Bosnia, Germany, Spain). Hallmarks of Urko Sánchez projects include contemporary twists on traditional architecture; a green aesthetic that harnesses wind and solar power and recycled water; and leveraging natural architecture to showcase natural light, and frame private gardens and open courtyards.

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JURY

Michael McGuire Co-Founder and Executive Director, KenCada

Michael McGuire, Founding and Executive Director of KenCada, has 27 years of education experience in teaching, curriculum design, leadership, and program development. After receiving his Masters in Curriculum Design and Leadership in 2000, he developed several experiential education programs in Canada. His passion for education and international development has also taken him to Ethiopia where he assisted in the establishment of a community school in Jimma. During this time, he worked to establish Circus Jimma, a community based circus school that has since toured Africa.

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Doreen Adengo Principal and Founder, Adengo Architecture

Doreen is an Architect, based in Kampala, Uganda. She leads Adengo Architecture, an architecture and urbanism practice grounded in research and multidisciplinary collaboration. Recent projects have focused on developing affordable housing solutions in Kampala. After completing her undergraduate and graduate studies at the Catholic University and Yale, respectively, she worked in London, Washington DC, and New York for Adjaye Associates, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, Ellerbe Becket, and Gruzen Samton Architects. She has taught at The New School and Pratt Institute in New York and at Makerere University in Kampala. Currently she is a part time lecturer at the Faculty for Built Environment at Uganda Martyrs University and a visiting critic at University of Johannesburg’s Graduate School of Architecture.

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DRAWINGS Each presentation must include (but are not limited to) the following required drawings:

SITE PLAN showing the orientation relative to the site.

FLOOR PLAN addressing program requirements.

VERTICAL SECTION/ELEVATIONS illustrating scale and design intent.

DETAILS of the structure, clearly showing the primary structural system.

3D REPRESENTATION either in the form of axonometric, perspective, or model photographs, one of which should illustrate the character of the project.

All drawings should be represented at an appropriate scale to the design solution and include a graphic scale and north arrow. Submissions must be designed on no more than four ARCH C - 18”x24” (Portrait orientation) digital boards.

WRITING A brief summary (500 words max) is required to accompany the presentation. The official language of this competition is ENGLISH, but summaries in SWAHILI will also be accepted. The summary shall describe the most important concepts of the design. The presentation should graphically convey the design solution as much as possible and not rely on the summary to convey a basic understanding of the project. This abstract should be included in the final online submission, completed by the entrant(s) in a simple copy/paste text box.

FORMAT The names of participants or team must NOT appear on the digital boards or file names to allow for anonymous judging.

All boards are required to be in Portable Document Format (PDF) or image (JPEG) files, with a maximum total file size of 10MB. If the project is a successful finalist, the entrant will be contacted for a high resolution version.

File names must be in the following format TeamCode_01_ProjectTitle.pdf/jpg (Applicant’s Team Code_Board Number_Title of the Work). Team codes will be provided via email following registration. Team code must appear on each board in a clear and obvious location.

ELIGIBLE ENTRANTS Open to all full-time post-secondary students and professionals. Directed towards students and practitioners of Architecture, Engineering and Design. Individual and Team submissions are accepted, but the winning prize will remain the same regardless of the number of people in a team. Entrants will be permitted to compete in one of three categories:

LOCAL Open to all citizens and residents of Kenya. Kenyan citizens that reside abroad will be permitted to compete in this category.

REGIONAL Open to all citizens and residents of all African nations.

INTERNATIONAL Open to all around the world.

Citizenship or residency status may be requested at any time.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

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COMPETITION RULES All applicants must read and abide by the competition rules as outlined below prior to submission.

All work submitted must meet the Submission Requirements outlined in this section.

All work submitted must be original work produced by the identified individual or team members for this competition.

All applicants must meet the correct eligible entrant requirements for their chosen category.

The official language for the competition correspondence is English. However, submissions in Swahili will be accepted.

The winning design/ideas of this competition may or may not be used in the realization of the built project. The original designer will be credited for the design/ideas in their submission.

By submitting to this competition you are accepting that KenCada may or may not use your ideas in the built and final design solution for the new school. We would like to emphasize that no commission is tied to the conclusion of the competition. As this competition is open to both students and professionals we are unable to guarantee the engagement of the winning architect or designer in the final contract.

KenCada and DBR as the competition organizers, reserves the right to modify the competition schedule if deemed necessary.

KenCada and DBR reserve the right to select more than one winner per

category, and allocate the award money accordingly.

PUBLICATION CONSENT Communication, photos, and films of the winner, winning project, and finalists can be released to architectural magazines, newspapers, webpages and other relevant media. By entering the competition, participants accept that the organizers – KenCada and DBR – may publish and disseminate the submitted

projects and photos of the participants in analogue and digital form.

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KENCADA | DBR

KenCada International Academy educates the whole child and provides distinctive experiences that focus on academic excellence and experiential learning. It was co-founded by Hemed Mukui of Kenya with Michael McGuire and Anke Jenkins of Canada. Their shared interests brought them together to dream of a school experience that would connect their two home countries under a common vision: affordable, innovative, high-quality education.

The KenCada International Academy is a place of knowledge, a school of discovery. An educational experience for Kenya that honors the best practices in pedagogy from around the world.

KenCada brings the Kenyan curriculum to life through education for heart, mind and action. We aim to educate and inspire students to fill their full potential and participate in the modern world. Our students will be independent and self-motivated critical thinkers who engage in life-long learning. By providing a safe and healthy learning environment, as well as access to resources and cultures of the world through technology, KenCada will educate students who grow up to make positive impacts in their community and world.

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HEART, MIND AND ACTION

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DBR is a non-profit institute founded to offer a new model for design education and research. Our school is dedicated to teaching the design and construction of socially, culturally and environmentally relevant student-led installations. DBR also offers a research platform with a focus in systemic change in building for climate, environment, disaster and global shelter needs.

DBR was founded in Spring 2014 by architect Michael Green, leading structural engineer Eric Karsh and social entrepreneur Scott Hawthorn.

DBR is founded on the idea that every kid in grade six knows how to draw and build. By grade 10 only half of the students in a class will raise their hand and say they have those skills. By grade 12, only a small handful feel they have the art and design skills and talent to pursue a design career in particular. We believe design skills should not only scale to design professions, but also lead to design thinking in other professions. Empowering students to bring ideas into reality through building is fundamental.

Our ambition is to encourage a generation of designers, builders and mentors across all age groups. It is the tradition of the design professions to pass our skills from generation to generation. DBR was founded to champion that tradition in a new model of teaching.

The DBR program brings young kids and old into the design and construction process and helps them maintain their curiosity in the built environment as they grow. By engaging students in community based projects they learn life skills; from hands-on design and building to leadership, teamwork and ultimately the importance of lifelong mentorship and community contribution.

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DESIGN IS LIFE LONG LEARNING

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CONTACT Please email any questions regarding the competition to info@dbr-school.org

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