Eco Moyo Education Centre

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

ECO MOYO EDUCATION CENTRE

The Scarcity and Creativity Studio

LOCATION
Kilifi District, Kenya

YEAR
2017

MANUFACTURERS
Softwood

AREA
200 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
SCS

SCS
Christian Hermansen, Solveig Sandness, Joseph Henry Kennedy Jr, Jan Kazimierz Godzimirski

STRUCTURES
Felice Allievi (Degrees of Freedom), Solveig Sandness (AHO), AHO, Degrees of Freedom,

COUNTRY
Kenya

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, Community

CITY
Kilifi District

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

Eco Moyo is an educational Community Based Organisation located in Ezamoyo in Kilifi county, Kenya, providing free Montessori based education to children from poor families.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

Eco Moyo have recently bought a 5 hectares site half an hour drive from Kilifi town center.

The site has a house, and Eco Moyo is building the infrastructure necessary to make it usable as an education centre.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

During 2017 they built living accommodation for 20 pupils and for the teaching staff so that they can move operations to the new site.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

The development plan for Eco Moyo Education Centre consists of two parts.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

The first is Eco Moyo Primary School which is modelled on Green School Principals and the Montessori Education Method, emphasis is on practical approaches to each subject together with ethics, ecology, training in individual thinking and communication skills.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

The second part is Eco Moyo Farm which will be based on Permaculture Principals for the cultivation of food crops, timber and animal husbandry.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

The goal is to meet the consumption needs of students and staff, while functioning as a demonstration site for locals and visitors.

Eco Moyo have asked The Scarcity and Creativity Studio, AHO to design and build two classrooms on their new site.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

The Scarcity and Creativity Studio (SCS) spent 5 weeks in Eco Moyo building two classrooms for 20 students each, with adjoining pergolas which shade outdoor teaching areas.

Materials used were coral stone blocks rendered with 1:12 parts cement and local earth. To the back of each classroom a ‘light wall’, which is built of planed softwood, allows for ventilation and the controlled penetration of natural light.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS

The roof trusses are built with softwood and covered with corrugated metal sheets. The roofs drain all rain water into two large water tanks to the back.

A fabric ceiling (not yet installed) hung under the trusses will stop radiation from the metal roof sheets from reaching the occupants.

Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS
Eco Moyo Education Centre
© SCS


Eco Moyo Education Centre
Roof Plan
Eco Moyo Education Centre
Plan


Eco Moyo Education Centre
Render