Light Earth Designs LLP

Rucid College For Organic Agriculture

Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography

RUCID COLLEGE FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

Studio FH Architects + Light Earth Designs

ARCHITECTS
Studio FH Architects + Light Earth Designs

CONTRACTOR 
Various teams

MASTERPLAN AND DORMITORY SCHEMATICS
Light Earth Designs

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Edson Agume

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
The Landscape Studio

QUANTITY SERVEYOR
Wilson Sendikwanawa

PHOTOGRAPHS
Will Boase Photography

AREA
2110.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Mityana, Uganda

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture

Text description provided by architect.

RUCID ('Rural Community in Development') is a privately run College for Organic Agriculture in Mityana, Uganda.

Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography

Directly funded by The Tudor Trust from the UK, this project created new dormitory space for 72 students as well as two additional classrooms and kitchens, organised into two villages.

Existing teaching and accommodation buildings were refurbished as part of the project.

Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography

Given the school management’s keen interest in eco solutions the most local of construction technology was used: manually compressed stabilised soil blocks, largely made from earth sourced on site, and roofs and shading screens made of eucalyptus wood found in nearby plantations.

All buildings have a decentralised rainwater harvesting system and kitchens with fitted fuel-efficient wood stoves.

The project was built by local teams contracted on a labour basis and overseen by an in-house construction manager.

Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography

The buildings were designed in collaboration with Light Earth Designs who prepared the Masterplan as well as the schematic designs of the dormitory courtyards. Studio FH added the pentagon-shaped classrooms, detailed all buildings and oversaw the construction on site.


Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
© Will Boase Photography


Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
Site Plan
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
Elevations
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
Sections


Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
Floor Plan
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
Floor Plan
Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
Floor Plan


Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
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Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
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Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
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Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
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Rucid College For Organic Agriculture
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