



Girls’ school in Kenema, Sierra leone
Program: school
Architect: Orkidstudio
Project director: James Mitchell
Site team: Andrew Perkins, Kirsty Cassels, Paul Elliott, Spencer Fretwell, and the local community
Client: The Swawou Foundation
Structural engineers: StructureMode
Floor area: 1,000 sqm
Cost: £90,000
Cost/sqm: £90
Completion: 2016

For a new ecology of living
Ada Bursi’s legacy is transformed into an exam project of the two-year Interior Design specialist program at IED Turin, unfolding a narrative on contemporary living, between ecology, spatial flexibility, and social awareness.