Eco-Archi in Malawi

I didn't realize I've waited for so long to post an update. It seems that the roofs have been under the works FOR EVER.  We had wished to get them done by the end of November, before the rains would start.  Well, something like 20 weeks later, now that the rainy season is ending, we still don't have the roof structures covered. Better doing it Necola's way : sit back and wait The contractor hasn't finished placing the designed (by structural engineers) structure, and then the tiles supplier, who is an engineer himself, wasn't happy with the structure at some places and asked the structural engineers to reinforce it. So now, we are in the final stages of putting that */&àçéè' structure up... My fingers are hurting, they've been crossed for too long now ;)   But something is happening ! At the end of the day, it's going to be beautiful and inspiring :)

So so soooo ! Everything is more and more beautiful here, as the buildings grow ! We can now have a good sense of space in them... and I can't wait for the roof structures to be put on !  The roofing structures have been being prepared for a while now...after we managed to optimize the system with the structural engineer. We had a good dialog, but then we faced a problem of delivery for some of the steel members which weren't available through the suppliers here. These are now coming, and hopefully the roofs can be installed from the end of next week - fingers crossed because we now have some rainy days and nights already... but nothing that can endanger the structures of the project so far. We tried to use as little wood as possible for the whole project, and especially for these roofs... Deforestation being a HUGE issue in Malawi, and me wanting to make a statement with marrying steel and tiles and thatch in these beautiful contemporary buildings ! Yes we...