T
here are
no ruins in
Kenya and few
precedents
for building at
scale. Wood is
now scarce. The
building’s walls
are handmade
from locally
quarried dense limestone
stone which still remains
cheaper to use than concrete
blocks. Skilled artisans work
with their hands in stone
and concrete.
The plan is composed of
three pavilions set into the
sloping site and spliced
together in such a way that
each retains its’ four sided
aspects. In bringing the
three together they form a
meeting place for the family.
A stair below the bedrooms
leads to a guest suite looking
out across the forest valley.
The walls are like a found
ruin into which is imbedded
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