http://cargocollective.com george pericles Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:11:50 +0000 http://cargocollective.com en http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Learning-from-Kigali http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Learning-from-Kigali Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:11:50 +0000 george pericles 5358545 Be part of a urban documentary about Kagugu, a unique and distinctive neighborhood of Kigali, capital of Rwanda. <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/5358545/Capture decran 2013-03-29 a 16.41.24.png" width="670" height="366" width_o="983" height_o="538" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/5358545/Capture decran 2013-03-29 a 16.41.24_o.png" data-mid="28835425" border="0" align="left"/> We are teaming-up with fifteen Rwandan Architecture Students. They will be the 1st Rwandan-trained architects ! We want to create the the 1st Rwandan-based research project about Kigali, focusing on formal and informal development. This is an amazing project and we need your help to make it true ! <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/5358545/Capture decran 2013-03-29 a 16.40.42.png" width="670" height="318" width_o="986" height_o="468" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/5358545/Capture decran 2013-03-29 a 16.40.42_o.png" data-mid="28838364" border="0" align="left"/> Our aim is to witness, record and analyze the lives of the people in Kagugu, the space they have created, the interior they have designed, the shop they are using, the path they have created and the resulting social interactions . We want to study how the design spaces and architectures of this neighborhood shape the lives of its resident. <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/5358545/Capture decran 2013-03-29 a 16.40.15.png" width="670" height="329" width_o="985" height_o="484" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/5358545/Capture decran 2013-03-29 a 16.40.15_o.png" data-mid="28838483" border="0" align="left"/> Back this project on : www.learningfromkigali.com Be part of a urban documentary about Kagugu, a unique and distinctive neighborhood of Kigali, capital of Rwanda. We are teaming-up with fifteen Rwandan... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Your-project http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Your-project Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:45:22 +0000 george pericles 4820822 Because the project we love the most are the one yet to be designed ! Let's talk and work together ! <img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4820822/Capture decran 2013-01-22 a 15.47.15.png" width="670" height="360" width_o="836" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4820822/Capture decran 2013-01-22 a 15.47.15_o.png" data-mid="25754637" border="0" align="left"/> Contact us at george@georgepericles.com Because the project we love the most are the one yet to be designed ! Let's talk and work together ! Contact us at george@georgepericles.com http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/New-Rugo http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/New-Rugo Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:55:32 +0000 george pericles 4381992 <img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-02.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-02_o.jpg" data-mid="25298960" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-03.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-03_o.jpg" data-mid="25299008" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-05.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-05_o.jpg" data-mid="25299134" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-04.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-04_o.jpg" data-mid="25299078" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-01.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-01_o.jpg" data-mid="25298906" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-06.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-06_o.jpg" data-mid="25304253" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-07.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/presentation-07_o.jpg" data-mid="25304266" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/streetwebsite.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/streetwebsite_o.jpg" data-mid="25303817" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/courtyardwebsite.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/4381992/courtyardwebsite_o.jpg" data-mid="25303855" border="0" align="left"/> name New Rugo program Low-cost Housing location Rwanda, Burundi size 90 sqm The Rugo is the traditional Burundi & Rwandan house. New Rugo is a low-cost houssing project located in Burundi. The project questions the relations between domestic spaces and culture. We establish a link between the values of pre-colonial (community, adaptability) and modern typology. We believe that planning has to respond to current needs, but also to be relevant for a wealthier and more developed Africa. That’s why affordable housing for the poorest has to be able to evolve as comfort standards evolve By merging the two typologies, the two structures, we designed a new one, the new rugo. The new rugo is evolutive, allowing changes as Burundi & Rwandan socities evolved. The New Rugo is a typlogy, easily replicable, environmentaly aware. With low cost technologies and cultural appropriateness, we developed a system empowering fragile comunities in Burundi and in Rwanda. name New Rugo program Low-cost Housing location Rwanda, Burundi size 90 sqm The Rugo is the traditional Burundi & Rwandan house. New Rugo is a low-cost houssing... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Mont-Justice-Justitieberg http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Mont-Justice-Justitieberg Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:51:26 +0000 george pericles 1936405 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1936405/bruxelles03.jpg" width="670" height="473" width_o="844" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1936405/bruxelles03_o.jpg" data-mid="22871292" border="0" align="left"/> How can we reactivate the decaying structure of the imposing Brussels Courthouse? We believe that the components for such a project are to be found in the genius loci, the spirit of the place. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1936405/bruxelles01.jpg" width="670" height="421" width_o="1200" height_o="755" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1936405/bruxelles01_o.jpg" data-mid="22871211" border="0" align="left"/> Looking at the existing Courthouse as an emblem to the city, this proposal aims to rethink its function along two axes: Identity and Permanence. Analysing the spatial dynamics present in the city’s founding myths and history, the project introduces new forces in this place of justice. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1936405/bruxelles02.jpg" width="670" height="200" width_o="1200" height_o="359" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1936405/bruxelles02_o.jpg" data-mid="22871194" border="0" align="left"/> A new interface to the environing district is created, through a programmatic membrane whose frequency is dictated by the palace’s facade intensity. The original courthouse structure is preserved but functionally reorganised and opened to its surroundings. Justitieberg updates Brussels’ identity. It uses the city’s duality as a motor of emergence in the cityscape. It reflects the aspirations of the city to be more open, united and more democratic. It becomes a laboratory for new urban and environmental practices. exhibited at Bozar Museum at Architecture for Justice Brussels Courthouse, Imagine the Future! team members : sarah guyomarc'h, anais legrand -gp-, guillaume sardin -gp- How can we reactivate the decaying structure of the imposing Brussels Courthouse? We believe that the components for such a project are to be found in the genius... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Rwandan-Heraldry-Project http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Rwandan-Heraldry-Project Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:33:32 +0000 george pericles 2630320 <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/00a_1.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/00a_1_o.jpg" data-mid="18190890" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/00b_1.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/00b_1_o.jpg" data-mid="18190913" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/01.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/01_o.jpg" data-mid="18190707" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/05.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/05_o.jpg" data-mid="18190773" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/06.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/06_o.jpg" data-mid="18190766" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/03.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/03_o.jpg" data-mid="18190777" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/04.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/04_o.jpg" data-mid="18190817" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/02.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/02_o.jpg" data-mid="18190843" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/07.jpg" width="600" height="457" width_o="600" height_o="457" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2630320/07_o.jpg" data-mid="18190759" border="0" align="left"/> name Rwandan Heraldry type Branding System for self initiated project Follow Rwandan Heraldry Project on Tumblr , Facebook and Twitter Rwandan Heraldry Project develops an identity for the Republic of Rwanda, its administrative divisions but also its people. The project is not a tabula rasa, it takes its roots in the actual seal of the Republic of Rwanda and its rich traditional iconography. In 2006, Rwanda adopted a new administrative division. The country is now divided in provinces - intara, districts - akagere, sectors - imirenge and cells - agakare. The aim is to unify the communication across all the administrative scales and give a clear identity to the country. An identity rooted in its rich cultural history, yet contemporary. The first step was to create a consistent iconography based on traditional patterns (weaving and mural paintings), but also graphic representations of each component of Rwanda. Then, to use this iconography to reveal the local history of each place through toponymy or historical research. Like Kinyarwanda, each shield plays with symbols and patterns to allow a diverse but consistent armorial. The result links the land organisation to bold and local symbols. It creates a coherent process that can be applied all over the country to reveal the strong cultural background of Rwanda and the aim of the country to look forward and to develop without loosing its soul. Follow Rwandan Heraldry Project on Tumblr , Facebook and Twitter guillaume sardin for george pericles name Rwandan Heraldry type Branding System for self initiated project Follow Rwandan Heraldry Project on Tumblr , Facebook and Twitter Rwandan Heraldry Project... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Klab http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Klab Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:52:32 +0000 george pericles 3134040 <img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_02.jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="1200" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_02_o.jpg" data-mid="16053867" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_01.jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="1200" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_01_o.jpg" data-mid="16053885" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_03.jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="1200" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_03_o.jpg" data-mid="16053852" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_02.jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="1200" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_02_o.jpg" data-mid="16053867" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_04.jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="1200" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/3134040/klab_04_o.jpg" data-mid="16053892" border="0" align="left"/>Klab, an innovation hub in Kigali, was looking for a modern logotype, yet rooted in the rwandese culture. By combining two of the major componment of the rwandese culture : the virunga range and the imigongo -traditional murals-, we created a simple and sleek indentity. competition, anais legrand - guillaume sardin Klab, an innovation hub in Kigali, was looking for a modern logotype, yet rooted in the rwandese culture. By combining two of the major componment of the rwandese... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Kibagabaga-House http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Kibagabaga-House Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:59:00 +0000 george pericles 2331893 name Kibagabaga House program Private Home location Kigali Rwanda size 160 sqm for private client budget 110 000 $ Located in Kipagabaga, Kigali, the 4 bedrooms house spans across 160 sqm. With generous openings overlooking Kigali's beautiful cityscape, the plan allows easy circulation and mutiple spaces. <img src="http://payload1.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2331893/plan.jpg" width="670" height="593" width_o="880" height_o="780" src_o="http://payload1.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2331893/plan_o.jpg" data-mid="15276762" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload1.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2331893/entre.jpg" width="670" height="305" width_o="1173" height_o="534" src_o="http://payload1.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2331893/entre_o.jpg" data-mid="15276791" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload1.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2331893/jardin.jpg" width="670" height="305" width_o="1173" height_o="534" src_o="http://payload1.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2331893/jardin_o.jpg" data-mid="15276787" border="0" align="left"/> client project : guillaume sardin -gp- name Kibagabaga House program Private Home location Kigali Rwanda size 160 sqm for private client budget 110 000 $ Located in Kipagabaga, Kigali, the 4 bedrooms... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Bumbogo-Rwanda-Toponymic-Urbanism http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Bumbogo-Rwanda-Toponymic-Urbanism Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:35:21 +0000 george pericles 2162698 name Toponymic Urbanism program Urban Design location Kigali Rwanda size 160 sqm for private client awards 2nd Price / Experimental Urban Area for Africa This project was awarded 2nd Price for the innovation towards landscape and urban planning approach in the context of an African city by the Experimental Urban Area for Africa competition sponsorized by the Fondazione Banco di Sicilia. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/00kigali_pano.jpg" width="670" height="216" width_o="1500" height_o="484" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/00kigali_pano_o.jpg" data-mid="10799582" border="0" align="left"/> Rwanda, landlocked in the great lakes region, is marked by a hilly landscape all over the country. As one of the first constituted country in Africa, Rwanda has a prolific cultural heritage. This heritage is a pride and is just waiting to grow in the arising society. Kigali was founded in 1907. It is after the independence, when the government decided to make the city the capital in 1962 that Kigali started to grow. The population doubled from 1996 to 2008, at an 8% rate compare to the national growth of 4%. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/00kigali_graph.jpg" width="670" height="211" width_o="1359" height_o="428" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/00kigali_graph_o.jpg" data-mid="10799620" border="0" align="left"/> Like the rest of the country, the city of Kigali has been built within the scale of its hills, each with its own identity. Kigali, like other African cities, is currently striving for housing, office space and infrastructure aimed at the entire social scope. Urban Africa Post-Postmodern Urbanism The contemporary cityscape taking shape throughout the world is producing a new kind of urbanity. Profoundly clustered, this emerging concept has exploded our vision of a uni-centered city. Archipelago city is a result of zoning and of the melting of urban space and nature. It emerges from the way new urban fabric is produced, large plots of land at a time. This city is nothing but diluted, distended. It is only focused on specific locations, contracted around these points. It is made of discontinuity. Urbanscape’s insularization, by dividing a continuous space, facilitates the understanding and control of it. This city allows the reintroduction of an apprehensible scale, despite the large scale developments. In Dubai, each cluster uses a different fantasy. Built from scratch, the city celebrates the insularization of urban development. Dubai is the city of thousand cities; a city of mega-clusters, a colorful patchwork of free trade zones, of sciences parks, … Refugees from Ostrogoths’ invasions founded Venice, an archipelago city. Through a comparable process, we are refugees from a society that seems unregulated and unsafe. What if we tried to reinterpret the archipelago city to propose an enhanced and adapted version of it? A city made to separate and join at the same time, a city of islands, imagination and exploration. African Urbanism <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/00kigali.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1200" height_o="799" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/00kigali_o.jpg" data-mid="10799572" border="0" align="left"/> Urbanism shouldn’t be just about numbers. Although it’s a fact that Africa is in need of infrastructures that are currently lacking, urban development cannot always be quantified. It is about reflecting culture, history and creating a sense of belonging. Urbanism, as much as every other part of culture, depicts the state of society. Cities are products of an economic and cultural context. Importing Beaux-Arts schemes is not a solution. Such schemes were developed by a completely different culture, at a different time. Africa needs to develop it own urbanity, based on each component of its culture; one that is turned towards the future and responds to people’s needs without denying its African roots. In order to develop such ultra site-specific urbanism, many ways can be taken. The lack of written sources could be seen as an obstacle, but culture is not only made of writings. Landscape, climate, oral traditions & craftsmanship have shaped today’s society. Intelligent Landscape <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/02processplot.jpg" width="670" height="350" width_o="1200" height_o="628" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/02processplot_o.jpg" data-mid="10799598" border="0" align="left"/> People may see Africa as a blank space where anything can be made or planed. In fact no part of the World is blank, a void with no history. We shouldn’t forget about the years of practical knowledge or family histories that divided the land and dug paths. The point isn’t to freeze this history into heritage, but to keep in mind that humanity has shaped its environment, and to consider using this millenary knowledge in order to add depth to urban fabric as other urban civilization have done before. Toponymy, a cultural link Toponymy isn't just a science for scholars; it has a lot to tell about the culture of a location. It informs us on the point of view adopted by past generations about the landscape, the fauna and the flora; but also on history, a fortiori in oral cultures like Rwanda. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/toponymy_2.jpg" width="474" height="542" width_o="474" height_o="542" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/toponymy_2_o.jpg" data-mid="10799608" border="0" align="left"/> Rwanda means the infinite land. The country is an unstoppable succession of hills dividing and uniting the landscape. Because the horizon line is cut by the hillline, a sense of closeness, of belonging to one place developed here; but since the landscape is repeated, people also feel they belong to something larger. This duality has deeply shaped the Rwandan sense of place and appropriation. Kigali means wide view. From mount Kigali one can see the entire country, as far as Lake Kivu. Kigali means a point of view where you have many vistas in order to control the land <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/03process.jpg" width="670" height="311" width_o="2048" height_o="953" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/03process_o.jpg" data-mid="10799624" border="0" align="left"/> The toponymy of Rwanda and Kigali are both as much descriptive as programmatic. Kigali the limitless archipelago The city is a dormant archipelago city. This potential has to be preserved and nourished by future developments, using culture and landscape to their full potential. Kigali is made of numerous viewpoints letting the great landscape of Rwanda entering the city. The structure of Rwanda is profoundly rhizomatic. Each entity is linked to every other, no matter its scale; yet it is processing its own identity and strong sense of place. Cultural rooted urban matrix There is an identity to reveal that lies deep into Kigali's history. Urban history is recent and people are not used to urban density, even though no place in Rwanda is uninhabited. That’s why here, even more than elsewhere, urban density has to be paired with a strong integration of nature. Planning must demonstrate that higher density is compatible with private open space, greenery or views. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/04processroseview.jpg" width="670" height="350" width_o="1200" height_o="628" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/04processroseview_o.jpg" data-mid="10799641" border="0" align="left"/> Bumbogo Bumbogo is a hill in Gasabo, a district of Kigali. This district will absorb most of Kigali’s new residents. Bumbogo has to set a matrix for future development and stratification. It will be an ambitious plan in terms of environmental sustainability and forward thinking urban morphology. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/05processresult.jpg" width="670" height="350" width_o="1200" height_o="628" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/05processresult_o.jpg" data-mid="10799648" border="0" align="left"/> It doesn’t create a tabula rasa condition. It blends culture and advanced technologies to produce an up-to-date urban fabric. The smallest administrative subdivision, Umurenge, will be used as a framework. Each of them will become independent on a basic level: water, educations, health, market. Fair-Urbanism Producing urban space costs money. In order to keep a social balance, a private-public cooperative structure will be created. The cooperative will build the roads, water and waste collecting systems. Money making programs (high end real estate, IT centers, office space) will finance the structure. Earnings will be used to found less profitable programs: affordable housings, water filtration systems, schools or green spaces. The cooperative will be the heart of the neighborhood, ensuring the smooth functioning and redistribution system. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/08masterplan.jpg" width="670" height="496" width_o="1200" height_o="889" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/08masterplan_o.jpg" data-mid="10799617" border="0" align="left"/> Juru Plaza Juru Plaza will act as a harbor mooring Bumbogo to the greater Kigali. This living area will be of a human scale. Juru (sky in Kinyarwanda) is the highest point of the hill, where the entire hill is linked to the other ones, where the patchwork of islands forms a metropolis. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/06section01 copy.jpg" width="670" height="202" width_o="1933" height_o="584" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/06section01 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="10800918" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/07section02.jpg" width="670" height="254" width_o="1200" height_o="456" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/07section02_o.jpg" data-mid="10800924" border="0" align="left"/> As a contraction point of the urban fabric, the plaza will be highly mixed use with housings getting splendid 360° vistas, office spaces and an IT center. As the highest point of the hill, it will host a landmark building with a public observatory at its top. Utlra Affordable Housings <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/bumbogo_rwanda_affordable.jpg" width="670" height="245" width_o="1493" height_o="546" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/bumbogo_rwanda_affordable_o.jpg" data-mid="10799673" border="0" align="left"/> Africa is at the verge of a major economic and social uplift. Rwanda GPD will double in 10 years. Planning has to respond to current needs, but also to be relevant for a wealthier and more developed Africa. That’s why affordable housing for the poorest has to be able to evolve as comfort standards evolve. Wetlands-Agriculture Parks Wetlands are a specific landscape. They should be preserved by water filtration and cautious human activities within a 20m range. All these technical infrastructures should participate into the making of Bumbogo. Water filtration pools will be planed as promenades inviting people to discover the richness of viewpoints on the urban fabric and the larger landscape. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/09agriculturalpark.jpg" width="670" height="204" width_o="1200" height_o="367" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/09agriculturalpark_o.jpg" data-mid="10799655" border="0" align="left"/> Agriculture should be preserved. But to integrate with urbanity, this space should be transformed into a park-like area with paths that will connect Bumbogo to its surroundings via soft transportation. Power Harvesting Power efficiency should be the mix of vernacular knowledge and high-end technologies. Photovoltaic panels will be integrated into the building. Waste Collecting via Biogas will produce energy. Inteligent Treatment Plants are the key point of the energy lifecycle. They will collect organic waste and rainwater. Organic waste will be transformed into fuel briquettes (replacing woods from deforestation) and compost for agricultural field; while rainwater will be filtrated for re-use as domestic water, the extra being released into the wetland. Replicable? How can a site-specific process be replicable? Unlike a fixed master plan that can only be copied and pasted, this culturally rooted matrix proposes a process that can be duplicated and will produce new forms, new typologies throughout Africa. We propose a pragmatic utopia, where imagination, discovery and culture produce urbanity for tomorrow, close to its heritage and its roots. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/10umurengecenter.jpg" width="670" height="204" width_o="1200" height_o="367" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/2162698/10umurengecenter_o.jpg" data-mid="10799663" border="0" align="left"/> name Toponymic Urbanism program Urban Design location Kigali Rwanda size 160 sqm for private client awards 2nd Price / Experimental Urban Area for Africa This... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Twese-Hamwe http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Twese-Hamwe Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:29:27 +0000 george pericles 1857770 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/logo_o.jpg" width="670" height="320" width_o="2048" height_o="980" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/logo_o_o.jpg" data-mid="26418377" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twesehamwe_pancarte_small.jpg" width="670" height="478" width_o="1200" height_o="857" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twesehamwe_pancarte_small_o.jpg" data-mid="26418275" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twesehamwe_diploma_small.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="1200" height_o="801" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twesehamwe_diploma_small_o.jpg" data-mid="26418260" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twesehamwe_diploma1_small.jpg" width="670" height="424" width_o="1200" height_o="760" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twesehamwe_diploma1_small_o.jpg" data-mid="26418265" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twese_hamwediploma_small.jpg" width="670" height="458" width_o="1200" height_o="821" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1857770/twese_hamwediploma_small_o.jpg" data-mid="26418873" border="0" align="left"/> Twese Hamwe is a local community center in Kacyuru, Kigali. It was created by women from the neighbourhood in 1997. The aim of Twese Hamwe is to straddle vulnerable youth and women, and allow them access to formations. George Pericles was contacted to share its services to Twese Hamwe. We think it's important to bring to everybody the value of good design & communication. Our answer to this problem was to first work on a logotype that will the spirit of the center. Twese Hamwe is like an home, a shelter for the students that learn literacy, hospitality, and housekeeping. Our pro bono work reflects this nurturing aim by taking the shape of the traditional Rwandan home and Imigongo, local home decor technique We streamlined the costs by choosing to use painted panel over computer prints and we negotiated with local print shops discounted prices for the centre. We are proud of our unique partnership with Twese Hamwe and we looking forward to develop with them the brand identity of this amazing Rwandan community center. Twese Hamwe is a local community center in Kacyuru, Kigali. It was created by women from the neighbourhood in 1997. The aim of Twese Hamwe is to straddle... http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/Petit-Pagne-Lookbook-S-2-12 http://cargocollective.com/georgepericles/following/georgepericles/Petit-Pagne-Lookbook-S-2-12 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:09:04 +0000 george pericles 1821304 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_01b.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_01b_o.jpg" data-mid="17020403" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_03b.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_03b_o.jpg" data-mid="17020637" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_02b.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_02b_o.jpg" data-mid="17020430" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_04b.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_04b_o.jpg" data-mid="17020672" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_05b.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_05b_o.jpg" data-mid="17020719" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_06b_3.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_06b_3_o.jpg" data-mid="17020744" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_07b.jpg" width="670" height="411" width_o="800" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/136962/1821304/petit_pagne_lb_07b_o.jpg" data-mid="17020753" border="0" align="left"/> name Spring/Summer Lookbook 2012 type Art Direction, Design, Print for Petit Pagne We were asked by Petit Pagne to create and design the lookbook for their first collection. Avenue Lumumba, is about the quintessential joie de vivre of the 60s era. From location shooting in Kigali to graphic design and booklet layout, we interpreted and materialized Petit Pagne's vision of this careless era at the verge of idenpendance both for Africa and women. You can shop the collection and help women in Rwanda here. client : petit pagne , model : Lydia & Serah guillaume sardin for george pericles name Spring/Summer Lookbook 2012 type Art Direction, Design, Print for Petit Pagne We were asked by Petit Pagne to create and design the lookbook for their...