University of Virginia
“For many children around the world – refugees from conflicts, or
migrants whose families chase work where they can find it – regularly
attending a school is not an option. Building Trust International, a nonprofit
that provides building support and design advice to charities and communities
in need, concluded that if the children can’t get to the school, perhaps there
was a way to bring the school to the children. In 2012, Building Trust
sponsored an international design competition to create a solution for
displaced communities who lack adequate buildings for schools. The goal was to
create the opportunity for communities to establish buildings for educational
opportunities in their temporary homes.
Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa, both of whom received master’s degrees
from the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, designed a moving
school for migrant and refugee communities of Southeast Asia, creating an
opportunity for communities to establish an educational home away from home. As
a result of their design’s ability to 'address the issues relating to
simplicity, flexibility and the needs of this program to be relocated or
adapted over time,' it was selected as the winner from hundreds of competitors.”
~Writes Ashley Patterson of UVA Today
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