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

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Public health starts at home. This Tanzania housing project promotes wellbeing
  1. The Star Homes Project is a research-based initiative to help expand and improve housing conditions in Mtwara, Tanzania. - Julien Lanoo
  2. 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
  3. The homes are intentionally spread across two floors to improve ventilation and thermal performance. - Julien Lanoo
  4. Stoves are innovated to reduce fumes and improve ventilation, creating a healthier home environment. - Julien Lanoo
  5. Solar panels on the homes’ roofs power the lighting system and two USB charging points. - Julien Lanoo
  6. First-floor bedrooms help keep the ground floor cooler during the day and protect residents from mosquitoes and other insects, which have higher densities on the ground floor. - Julien Lanoo
  7. Ground floor plan. - Ingvartsen Architects
  8. First floor plan. - Ingvartsen Architects
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  1. The Star Homes Project is a research-based initiative to help expand and improve housing conditions in Mtwara, Tanzania. - Julien Lanoo
  2. 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
  3. The homes are intentionally spread across two floors to improve ventilation and thermal performance. - Julien Lanoo
  4. Stoves are innovated to reduce fumes and improve ventilation, creating a healthier home environment. - Julien Lanoo
  5. Solar panels on the homes’ roofs power the lighting system and two USB charging points. - Julien Lanoo
  6. First-floor bedrooms help keep the ground floor cooler during the day and protect residents from mosquitoes and other insects, which have higher densities on the ground floor. - Julien Lanoo
  7. Ground floor plan. - Ingvartsen Architects
  8. First floor plan. - Ingvartsen Architects
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Location
Map pointer Mtwara, Tanzania
Architecture
Ingvartsen Architects

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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