Architecture students visit the Maniquenique School
A group of 40 students from of the Eduardo Mondlane University's School of Architecture recently conducted a field trip to see for themselves how UN-HABITAT has helped design a safe building in the heart of the Limpopo valley flood zone.
The idea is to show the next generation of architects how important disaster preparedness is in a place like Maniquenique, a small town in Gaza Province, where the agency has helped build a school raised just over a metre above ground – roughly the depth of flood waters after heavy rains.
The visit came as part of a new two-week course on risk reduction, architecture and urban planning offered in collaboration with the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and UN-HABITAT. For further information see: Urban World: Scaling new heights, New ideas in urban planning
