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Public health starts at home. This Tanzania housing project promotes wellbeing

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The Star Homes Project is a research-based initiative to help expand and improve housing conditions in Mtwara, Tanzania. - Julien Lanoo
Led by Ingvartsen Architects along with an interdisciplinary team of architects, public health specialists and entomologists, the project built 110 identical single-family homes across 60 different rural villages. - Julien Lanoo
The homes are intentionally spread across two floors to improve ventilation and thermal performance. - Julien Lanoo

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The project delivered 110 homes to families living in rural Tanzania and will provide pilot data about how novel home design is related to the improvement of family health.

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