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- Architects: H&P Architects
- Location: Tuần Giáo District, Dien Bien, Vietnam
- Architects In Charge: Doan Thanh Ha, Tran Ngoc Phuong
- Team: Chu Kim Thinh, Dao Bich Lien, Nguyen Hai Hue, Nguyen Van Manh
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Nguyen Tien Thanh
- Investor: Dien Bien Provincial Centre for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
- Sponsor: UNICEF Vietnam
- Design & Technical Assistance: H&P Architects
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From the architect. Subsequent to the Toigetation project completed in Son Lap school in 2014, the Toigetation 2 has been upgraded regarding the number of sanitary equipment and accessories as a more holistic approach to the standard sanitation service by Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Health of Vietnam. The project is to meet the sanitation and washing needs for over 300 Ta Ma primary school pupils in Ta Ma commune – a commune in special difficulties and water scarcity in Tuan Giao district, Dien Bien province.
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Diagram
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Featured with the iconic image of two big trees with wide canopy providing shade to the space below and within, the Toigetation 2 lightly touches the ground with a layer of vegetation (trees and herbs) on its four sides. The layer of vegetation helps regulating indoor climate, harnessing load bearing structure, supplying food and at the same time creating a perceived boundary between inside and outside space. Constructed by local Human resources and Materials in simple but efficient construction methods, the project uses solar panels for electric lightening, rain water and waste water for cleaning and gardening purposes.
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Plan
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The Toigetation is supposed to contribute to shaping users’ future action, thereby exerting significant impacts on the promotion of local ecological balance, economic stability and improvement of Human rights in Vietnam more positively in the context of severe shortage of toilets at schools in Vietnam’s rural areas.
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