The winner in the ADOPT-a-School category was Johannesburg based Kate Otten Architects with their proposed three step strategy to restructure Motshegofadiwa Primary School to greatly enhance its purpose as an education facility for the community of Hamanskraal.
Comfortable classrooms innovatively constructed with openable partition louvre walls covered with shade-netting have transformed life in Chimpamba, Malawi.
The University of Pretoria is one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education. In 2013 Saint-Gobain participated in the construction of its new 250-seat auditorium.
Skateistan is an international non-governmental organisation that uniquely uses skateboarding as a tool for empowerment. Skateboarding is used as a hook to engage children and connect them to education. It was launched in 2007 in Afghanistan, where girls are not allowed to ride bicycles, but are all
For its first mine project in South Africa, Saint-Gobain PAM supplied 29.5 km of 500mm diameter ductile pipe to run from the Orange River to the Gamsberg mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province.
Through the Saint-Gobain Initiatives Foundation, Saint-Gobain funded and provided technical expertise for the renovation of the Nagum Primary School located in Kenya.
Saint-Gobain Gyproc supplied the Tanzania Port Authority headquarters in Dar-Es-Salaam with 13 000 square metres of board for ceilings and wall partitions.
Situated in a serene setting on Monaghan Farm Eco Estate (Gauteng, South Africa), Stand 47 serves as a model in contemporary building methods and materials for the high-end residential sector in South Africa with a direct focus on comfort.
From wall panels to glazing, plasterboard, glasswool and mortar, five Saint-Gobain’s activities contributed to serve one of South Africa’s largest shopping malls with energy efficiency and comfort for future shoppers.
