Minidoc - School building in Costa Rica

Built with leftovers from the local forest industry.

Author Tobias Klauser and Andri Luescher

Costa Rica, Liberia

Authors Tobias Klauser, Andri Luescher

Built with leftovers from the local forest industry.

Strengths: This project did not evolve from a visual or cultural relation to the context, but from the inner logic of a construction method. This construction method is based on sustainable and economical factors which are defined by it's context.

Difficulties: Currently in Costa Rica a very high percentage of new buildings are done in concrete prefab panels. Therefore for many people the wooden construction proposed, might seems to be an old-fashioned building technique in the first impression.

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