Bholu 8 School has been designed by Architect Without Frontiers (AWF) volunteers working in India.

Children at the school have been involved in painting the school a bright yellow.

The school’s architecture is focused on reusing water as an educational and hygiene tool as well as using recyclyed materials and objects to create exterior shade cloths and the children’s playground.

Volunteers are involved in designing, documenting and supervising the construction and repair of the anganwadis (preschools) in the slum areas of Ahmedabad, Gujurat, India.

Each anganwadi currently consists of crude one-room galvanised or brick lean-tos which have little or no ventilation and light.

The anganwadis are constructed by local labourers and use largely recycled materials in order to support the Manav Sadhna philosophy of ‘reuse, recycle and reduce’.

Bholu 9 School is currently underway and is expected to be opened before the Indian Summer hits and monsoon sets in. Land for Bholu 10 has been found and is being prepared for the next school to be built next season starting in September.

Article courtsey of Architecture & Design