On the initiative of Christoph Chorherr  („sarch“), Cyril Ramaphosa, former General Secretary of the ANC and close  confidante of Nelson Mandela, invited ./studio3 to design and build a primary  school together with his „shanduka -   adopt-a-school Foundation“. 
                  The Olifantsvlei Primary School (860  pupils, 20 teachers) is part of the Moses Maren Mission, which consists of a  primary school, a secondary high school and a children‘s home. The children  come from various townships and travel distances of up to 48km to school each  day. Many of the children have been orphaned as a result of aids. Alongside reading,  writing and arithmetic, particular attention is paid to such everyday knowledge  as HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention. The „Basic Education“ for all  children outlined by Unesco sees particularly pressing needs in the pre-school  area. The simple act of attending school which is written into law in South  Africa cannot automatically guarantee „literacy“ - the ability to read and  write. It is precisely the pre-school environment that offers the potential for  compensation and special support and the use of play to learn languages. A  fantasy-based /  
                    creative / happy / and child-friendly  architectural space offers the foundation for a positive and sustainable  encounter with knowledge.  
                  And this is the spirit in which the  students and the studio embraced the invitation to create this space for the  children of Olifantsvlei. 
                This book serves not only as a documentation about the  process of designing and buidling. Furtheron issues like postcolonialism are  discussed. In telling the project’s story, we do our best to  include the perspectives of people who use or inhabit the building, not only  the people who designed it.  
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