KNUST Architecture students design sustainable housing to address Ghana’s urban housing crisis
Architecture Students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have designed a sustainable building system to solve housing problems in Ghana.
The system designed by level 300 students of the university seeks to use local building materials such as bamboo, laterite, rammed, earth among others to reduce the cost of building a house for different income groups in the country.
The imaginative mixed-use residential development proposed by the students were on display to the public on August 30, 2022 at the exhibition hall of thz Travellion Block, KNUST.
A proposal document copied to OTEC News’ on Friday September 9, 2022, disclosed that the students at the Department of Architecture designed the housing system after two-week field study at Ejisu.
“Ghana’s population is soaring, placing high demands on our finite resources,hence there is a need to encourage high density mixed-use development to reduce carbon footprints on the environment “
The document futher added that the system designed by KNUST students was to give back to their country as part of their social responsibility.
The event was organized by the third-year studio staff of the Department of Architecture i.e.: Arc Charles Essel, Dr Martin Larbi, Arc Benedict Owusu-Brown, Dr Alexander Eduful, Dr Victor Kootin Sanwu and Arc Nana Agyemang Cobbinah, under the auspices of the Head of Department of Architecture – Prof Christian Koranteng.
Proposed sustainable middle-income housing
Architecture 3 student explaining proposed housing designed with local building materials
Architecture 3 student explaining design proposal to Prof Chaskin from Chicago University
Below are 3D impressions of proposed housing designed with local building materials
The event was organized by the third-year studio staff of the Department of Architecture i.e.: Arc Charles Essel, Dr Martin Larbi, Arc Benedict Owusu-Brown, Dr Alexander Eduful, Dr Victor Kootin Sanwu and Arc Nana Agyemang Cobbinah, under the auspices of the Head of Department of Architecture – Prof Christian Koranteng.
