Okana center for change
📍Okana, Kenya
📐 Laura Katharina Strähle and Ellen Rouwendal
The building's design was inspired by the local Acacia tree, under which people gather to be protected from the sun and rain.
Combining this with the technique of a reciprocal roof – a self-supporting structure requiring no central support – saw this distinctive roofscape being the driver of the building' form.
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