Here Is A 3D Printed School In Madagascar

Consumer Tech Here Is A 3D Printed School In Madagascar Jennifer Kite-Powell Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. New! Follow this author to improve your content experience. Got it! Jul 21, 2022, 04:35pm EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin 3D printing a school in Madagascar by Thinking Huts Mattea LinAe In April 2022, the city of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar opened Bougainvillea, a 700-square foot 3D printed school that can hold up to 30 students at a time.

Bougainvillea was seven years in the making, but it only took 18 hours to print the walls and three weeks to complete the structure. Bougainvillea was created in partnership with Thinking Huts and the University Ecole de Management et d’Innovation Technologique (EMIT) at the University of Fianarantsoa. The schools students aged 16-18 and is the first in a series of honeycomb-like campuses that will help primary and secondary school students 4-16 years old.

The new 3D printed school comes from the vision of a 22-year-old entrepreneur, Maggie Grout , through her non-profit, Thinking Huts. Thinking Huts centers its activities on human-centric, innovative solutions to solve the world’s problems. According to UNESCO , one out of every three Malagasy children won’t complete primary school.

For those who complete primary school, 97% of Malagasy ten-year-olds cannot read single sentences. A 3D printed school in Madagascar. Architectural design by Bruno Silva and Yash Mehta of Defining .

. . [+] Humanity based on Grout’s honeycomb vision.

Local construction managed by SECOA. 3D printing by 14 Trees. BOTO Friddet MORE FOR YOU Google Issues Warning For 2 Billion Chrome Users Forget The MacBook Pro, Apple Has Bigger Plans Google Discounts Pixel 6, Nest & Pixel Buds In Limited-Time Sale Event The school is a hybrid-design from the architects Bruno Silva and Yash Mehta of Defining Humanity.

The roof, doors and windows were locally sourced and the walls are made of a cement mixture that can withstand environmental pressures in the area. The team used local manufacturers in the construction process which allowed them to teach 3D operational skills that can be applied to future construction projects. Bougainvillea was 3D printed by 14 Trees , a company with experience printing buildings throughout Kenya and Malawi.

The hybrid-design of Bougainvillea brings together local materials with 3D printing operational . . .

[+] skills. Maggie Grout In a statement, Grout says that Bougainvillea (Hut version 1) will be replicated in urban and rural locations where the need is most significant in the future. Their concept is to create scaled honeycomb campuses of multiple connecting huts.

“Drawing inspiration from the beehive, it symbolizes bringing together people to form a community that only thrives if everyone works towards a shared mission,” said Grout in a statement. “3D printing allows for a reduction of construction waste and time. ” Madagascar’s new 3D printed school, Bougainvillea.

Created in partnership with Thinking Huts and . . .

[+] University Ecole de Management et d’Innovation Technologique Maggie Grout Bougainvillea’s first students aged 16-18. The school can hold up to 30 students. Maggie Grout Follow me on Twitter .

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